Number of publicly traded U.S. firms with more than 10 employees
in Northern Ireland: 69, up from 50 in 1995.
Total Northern Ireland employment at U.S. companies at the
end of 2000: 20,012, up from 17,400 in 1999 and 16,350 in 1998—twice
as many as the 10,200 employed when paramilitary groups declared
ceasefires in 1994.
Overall Catholic representation at U.S. companies in Northern
Ireland at the end of 2000: 43.1 percent.
Catholic representation in the overall Northern Ireland work
force: 39.6 percent at employers monitored by the Equality Commission,
according to 1999 data, the latest available—up 4.7 points
from 1990.
Estimated Catholic proportion of the economically active
population: 42 percent, up from 40 percent in 1990.
Unemployment differential: Catholics remain about twice as
likely as Protestants to be unemployed. Catholic men are more
than two times as likely to be unemployed as are Protestant men,
and more likely to be unemployed throughout Northern Ireland,
for longer periods.
Number of U.S. employers with significant community under-representation:
21 (Catholics at 10, Protestants at 11).
Number of discrimination complaints pending against U.S.
firms at the Fair Employment Tribunal: 37 (as of 10/00).
Number of Fair Employment Tribunal cases lost or settled
by U.S. companies currently in Northern Ireland: 29.
Number of companies now in Northern Ireland with agreements
on implementing the MacBride principles: 46 (64 agreements have
been reached altogether but some companies no longer have ties
to Northern Ireland).
Number of local U.S. laws and substantive resolutions on
fair employment in Northern Ireland: at least 35.
Number of U.S. states with Northern Ireland fair employment
legislation: 17.
Compiled by:
Investor Responsibility Research Center,
1350 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036-1701
Tel: 202/833-0700 - Fax: 202/833-3555 - Website:
www.irrc.org - Email: nis@irrc.org
