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03/04/2009
600 SR Technics Workers Clock In For Last Day
Amid sorrowful scenes the first wave of axed SR Technics workers finished today as the rolling mass lay-offs begin at the plant.
The company is set to let 600 employees go today, with almost the same number due to be made redundant between now and August.
Following months of discussion and protest, SR Technics unions are calling on the Government to "act before it is too late to save the aviation industry and avoid a major industrial dispute".
SIPTU Branch Organiser Pat Ward described the mood at the plant as "terrible".
"I saw grown men crying and embracing friends they had worked with for a lifetime and whom they would never work again," Mr Ward said.
The union organiser also questioned SR Technics' claim it was costing €2 million a week to keep the North Dublin plant open. He estimated that the true figure was nearer to €600,000 or €700,000.
He said: "The successful resolution of this dispute is now firmly in the hands of the Government. If the political will exists to save the industry it will be saved. If not, it will be gone.
"This is the first real test of the Government's commitment to keep strategic industries afloat and provide a floor below which employment will not be allowed to fall."
All staff have been asked to come into work as normal as it is still unclear who is being laid off today and who is being kept on until the plant is fully shut down.
The workers are seeking one last meeting with management following the company's decision to reject Labour Court recommendations to increase redundancy payments and fund a shortfall in the employees' pension fund.
(DW/BMcC)
The company is set to let 600 employees go today, with almost the same number due to be made redundant between now and August.
Following months of discussion and protest, SR Technics unions are calling on the Government to "act before it is too late to save the aviation industry and avoid a major industrial dispute".
SIPTU Branch Organiser Pat Ward described the mood at the plant as "terrible".
"I saw grown men crying and embracing friends they had worked with for a lifetime and whom they would never work again," Mr Ward said.
The union organiser also questioned SR Technics' claim it was costing €2 million a week to keep the North Dublin plant open. He estimated that the true figure was nearer to €600,000 or €700,000.
He said: "The successful resolution of this dispute is now firmly in the hands of the Government. If the political will exists to save the industry it will be saved. If not, it will be gone.
"This is the first real test of the Government's commitment to keep strategic industries afloat and provide a floor below which employment will not be allowed to fall."
All staff have been asked to come into work as normal as it is still unclear who is being laid off today and who is being kept on until the plant is fully shut down.
The workers are seeking one last meeting with management following the company's decision to reject Labour Court recommendations to increase redundancy payments and fund a shortfall in the employees' pension fund.
(DW/BMcC)
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