Dozens of Scottish jobs at risk as South Queensferry railway plant threatened with closure
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dailyrecord.co.uktrade union has warned that 147 jobs could be lost at a foundry specialising in railway parts if it loses out on a contract to an overseas firm.
Unite said the entire Progress Rail Services plant in South Queensferry could be shut by the end of the year, in what it claimed would be another "massive blow" to manufacturing jobs in Scotland.
The company - which is part of the giant Caterpillar conglomerate - supplies a variety of rail products and has five sites across the UK.
But the union warned the loss of the South Queensferry operation would be another example of skilled railway work being removed from Scotland.It said a Network Rail decision to send work overseas could lead to the site's closure.The Record understands redundancies could.
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