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21/03/2014
Fianna Fáil Urge Aer Lingus To Drop 'Macho Stance'
Aer Lingus has been urged to drop its legal action against SIPTU, with Fianna Fáil saying that the move will " do nothing to improve relations between the airline and the union."
The party's transport spokesperson Timmy Dooley backed Leo Varadkar’s calls for the airline to drop its case for damages following the recent High Court case over the threatened strike at the country’s three main airports.
The Court granted an injunction to prevent the work stoppage from proceeding last Friday. However, the airline is now taking a case against the union for revenue lost as a result of last week’s threatened action.
Deputy Dooley said that the action for damagers will risk "further exacerbating the tension between the two sides."
Adding: "The decision to sue the union for damages is ill-advised and unhelpfully confrontational. The company’s new macho stance achieves nothing, and could jeopardise future dealings between management and SIPTU."
(MH/IT)
The party's transport spokesperson Timmy Dooley backed Leo Varadkar’s calls for the airline to drop its case for damages following the recent High Court case over the threatened strike at the country’s three main airports.
The Court granted an injunction to prevent the work stoppage from proceeding last Friday. However, the airline is now taking a case against the union for revenue lost as a result of last week’s threatened action.
Deputy Dooley said that the action for damagers will risk "further exacerbating the tension between the two sides."
Adding: "The decision to sue the union for damages is ill-advised and unhelpfully confrontational. The company’s new macho stance achieves nothing, and could jeopardise future dealings between management and SIPTU."
(MH/IT)
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