Railway workers have voted in favour of strike action over the use of casual staff by Northern Rail.
BBC: Northern Rail staff vote for strike over contracts
Trade unions have welcomed the move, but some employers say it could discourage firms from hiring casual staff.
BBC: Agency workers receive pay and conditions boost
The posts that have been lost are mainly casual staff, but Mr Neill said if the situation continues "it will be full time employees" that are affected.
BBC: Northern Ireland
The RMT said using casual, agency staff undermined the job security, pay and working conditions of its members.
The casual sensuality of their sales staff was so different from the sedate, prudish sophistication of the Connaught Place stores that we might as well have been on a different planet.
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Casual refuse collectors have been brought in to help council staff, but some areas have not had a collection for four weeks.
BBC: Councils try to tackle backlog of rubbish collections
Northern and Shell is proposing to cut 12 staff jobs in Glasgow and cut the equivalent of 6 casual jobs.
BBC: More jobs are cut at Scottish newspapers
They also found that the general approach to training of staff to deal with incidents of violence was still too casual.
BBC: 'Lack of urgency' on NHS violence
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