> From the Pat Finucane Centre > ====== > Catholic Workers Down Tools > > Catholic workers employed by Denny's food processing plant in Portadown > downed tools this morning (Friday) after placards carrying sectarian > slogans were erected adjacent to the main factory entrance. The > placards which carried offensive slogans referring to the murder of > Catholic man, Robert Hamill, as well as other slogans such as > "PARA-SHOOT TO KILL" were later > removed. Denny's factory is located between the loyalist Edgarstown > estate and the Nationalist Obins Street area, and is only 100 yards away > from the family home of Mr Hamill. > > The workers also demanded that the factory management permit vehicle > access from the mainly Nationalist Obins Street area. Over recent nights > there have been a number of incidents where loyalist gangs have thrown > missiles at Catholics leaving the factory, and vehicles belonging to a > Catholic-owned haulage firm which services the plant have also been > damaged. Aa a > result of the stoppage, the management said that they would concede to > the workers demands. >
