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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Annie Williams

Strike action threatened over company's plans to 'fire and rehire' 130 workers

The union of an engineering giant are threatening strike action after plans to ‘fire and rehire’ 130 workers were announced.

Unite the union said Wabtec in Birkenhead unveiled plans to ‘fire and rehire’ staff on "inferior" pay and conditions.

The union said Wabtec, manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, has issued a notice outlining its plans which would see dismissals in June.

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