THE European Works Council of Continental AG, the German owners of the Semperit tyre plant, has called on the company to defer the closure of the Ballyfermot plant in Dublin until next March, writes Padraig Yeates, Industry and Employment Correspondent.
A spokeswoman for Semperit said yesterday the company had received the letter from the EWC and would be responding to it shortly. Talks on a redundancy package for the 650 workers being made redundant are to begin on Thursday.