CHRISTMAS REDUNDANCIES TO BE DISCUSSED

CHRISTMAS REDUNDANCIES TO BE DISCUSSED

CHRISTMAS REDUNDANCIES TO BE DISCUSSED - Bausch & Lomb: First Redundancies on Christmas Eve

MSP SECURES MEMBERS DEBATE

SNP MSP Angela Constance has won a parliamentary debate on the closure of the award winning Bausch and Lomb plant in her Livingston constituency as the first redundancies go ahead on Christmas Eve.

Bausch and Lomb are phasing the plants closure and transferring production to their site in Ireland.

The debate will take place on Wednesday 6th January.

Speaking ahead of the first phase of redundancies Ms Constance said

“I regret that Bausch and Lomb are continuing to pursue closure of its award winning manufacturing site in Livingston.

This is a huge blow to the West Lothian economy where unemployment is at its highest in a generation.

It is hard at any time of the year to be losing your job and livelihood more so at Christmas.

The Bausch and Lomb site at Livingston is highly productive and efficient and there is a real injustice for staff who have been crucial to the site’s success. I hope the debate in Parliament will reinforce the lessons we have to learn to keep jobs in Scotland”.