A union has condemned Caterpillar saying that it is paying for strike breakers to stay at five star hotels rather than pay their workers fairly.
Workers at the Larne and Springvale factories are in their third month of industrial action as they call for improved wages in the face of rising inflation and a cost of living crisis.
They rejected a management two-year pay offer which they say amounted to a three percent real terms pay cut and compulsory overtime.