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11/02/2016
Strike Action 'Unavoidable' - SIPTU
Strike action by Luas drivers is "unavoidable" due to management intransigence, SIPTU has said.
The union said that its members has been left with no option but to carry out the planned 48-hour strike.
SIPTU Organiser, John Murphy, said: "Our members are very disappointed at the approach of management in this dispute. The company has failed to show any initiative in the effort to find an agreed resolution in talks in various forums over the last 18 months.
"Management representatives have instead merely continued to reiterate the position that our members cannot expect to receive pay rises over the next five years and that any rise that might be granted would be limited to an increase in the Consumer Price Index."
He added: "The workers are conscious of the inconvenience this stoppage will have on their customers but believe they have no option but to conduct this industrial action."
A further 48-hour work stoppage is scheduled for Thursday, 18 and Friday, 19 February.
(MH/LM)
The union said that its members has been left with no option but to carry out the planned 48-hour strike.
SIPTU Organiser, John Murphy, said: "Our members are very disappointed at the approach of management in this dispute. The company has failed to show any initiative in the effort to find an agreed resolution in talks in various forums over the last 18 months.
"Management representatives have instead merely continued to reiterate the position that our members cannot expect to receive pay rises over the next five years and that any rise that might be granted would be limited to an increase in the Consumer Price Index."
He added: "The workers are conscious of the inconvenience this stoppage will have on their customers but believe they have no option but to conduct this industrial action."
A further 48-hour work stoppage is scheduled for Thursday, 18 and Friday, 19 February.
(MH/LM)
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