We face the prospect of life on the dole next year- Bombardier workers

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Susan Fitzgerald of Unite, Kieran Ellison, Bombardier worker and Unite representative, and Ian Mullan, a union rep in Bombardier.

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Bombardier workers say they're going into the festive season facing the real prospect of life on the dole in 2018.

There are fears huge tariffs slapped on the plane maker in the United States could end in 4,000 jobs here being lost.

Antrim and Newtownabbey council last night voted unanimously to support the back Bombardier jobs campaign.

Workers and Unite the Union officials gathered to lobby the local representatives and they're doing the same at councils across the country. 

Here's Susan Fitzgerald of Unite.

Union rep in Bombardier Ian Mullan says staff face an agonising wait in the run-up to Christmas, with redundancies already starting.

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