{"id":9960,"date":"2019-09-29T08:03:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9960"},"modified":"2019-10-01T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:05:06","slug":"former-wrightbus-employees-protest-outside-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9960","title":{"rendered":"Former Wrightbus Employees Protest Outside Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Around 500 former Wrightbus employees and their families have held a protest outside a church linked to one of the owners.<\/p>\n

Questions have been asked about \u00a315m (\u20ac16.8m) donations to the Green Pastures charity from company dividends when the Co Antrim bus manufacturer was profitable.<\/p>\n

Around 1,200 posts were lost after the firm entered administration last week.<\/p>\n

Founder William Wright received applause from the workers as he arrived at the church.<\/p>\n

Community police mingled with the demonstrators but the atmosphere was not violent.<\/p>\n

Wrightbus had a reputation for building ultra low emissions buses including London\u2019s Routemaster double decker when Boris Johnson was mayor.<\/p>\n

It went into administration last week following cash flow problems and the failure to find a new owner.<\/p>\n

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