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01/08/2014
Rail Workers Vote For Strike Action Over Cuts Dispute
Rail workers have voted in favour of strike action later this month should Iarnród Éireann proceeds with planned pay cuts.
The National Bus and Rail Union has agreed the strike, in an ongoing dispute over pay cuts.
Iarnród Éireann claimed that the pay cuts are essential to securing the company's future viability, adding that it would proceed with the temporary cuts, ranging from 1.7% to 6.1%, on 24 August.
(MH/CD)
The National Bus and Rail Union has agreed the strike, in an ongoing dispute over pay cuts.
Iarnród Éireann claimed that the pay cuts are essential to securing the company's future viability, adding that it would proceed with the temporary cuts, ranging from 1.7% to 6.1%, on 24 August.
(MH/CD)
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