THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) has launched a Save Our Site (SOS) campaign to save the 300 jobs at the EE (formally BT) site in Enniskillen. As part of the campaign, the CWU Region along with the CWU NI Telecoms Branch (NITB) held a public meeting on Monday night at the Westville Hotel. Hundreds of people turned out […]
BT workers given hope
MOMENTUM is building as efforts grow to save the 300 jobs at the EE (formally BT) site in Enniskillen. It was announced last month that BT Group is set to close its EE office site that employs hundreds of people across the local community. However, in the past week action has been taken to help […]
Huge turnout in Enniskillen as BT staff fight for jobs
DESPERATE efforts to save more than 300 jobs at the BT Group branch in Enniskillen have given devastated employees a glimmer of hope. Last night (Tuesday), hundreds of Enniskillen BT employees and their families attended a crunch meeting at the Westville Hotel in Enniskillen organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), to see what, if […]
BREAKING: Concern BT site in Enniskillen could close
THERE is concern today that BT in Enniskillen which employs around 300 people locally could be set to close. Ulster Unionist Party MLA Tom Elliott issued a statement to the Herald after he was informed that BT Group may close its office site that employs hundreds of people across the local community. “It is deeply […]
BT employees having to use foodbanks
Veteran Fermanagh Trade Union activist, Jim Quinn, has warned the BT Group that striking workers will not be joining them in a race to the bottom. Workers at BT’s Broadmeadow Place centre in Enniskillen have gone out on strike seeking improvements to both pay and conditions. Quinn, who is part of the Fermanagh TUC umbrella […]
BT customers in Fermanagh to be affected by strike
No date has been set but it is understood that action could begin as early as Thursday, July 14.
Enniskillen workers fear for jobs after BT cut centres
Employees at BT’s Enniskillen office fear for their jobs after the company announced plans to close 270 offices. BT Enniskillen Contact Centre on Broadmeadow Place is one of the biggest employers in the county with around 330 people employed. Last week, BT announced that more than 300 office locations across the UK will be consolidated […]
No objections to end of village phonebox
THE Community Group in Garrison have asked to adopt the telephone kiosk on the Main Street of the village. In other areas throughout the North, phone boxes have been creatively transformed into libraries and flower planters to enhance the aesthetics of the village. However, the nearest alternative kiosk is at Doagh Road Junction Glennasheevar Road, […]
Police in new warning as scammers target elderly
FRESH calls for caution have been issued in the wake of a scamming spree across the region. In September alone the PSNI have reported sixty occasions where money has been lost by members of the public, the stark total monetary value of which sits at £443,650 for the month. Pensioners have been identified as one […]
Warning after elderly woman tells of scam scare
A PSNI spokesman said that they have received numerous complaints from people in Fermanagh about cold callers.