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13/08/2009
Thomas Cook Staff Accept Offer
Workers involved in the Thomas Cook Travel Agent dispute have accepted the company's offer after mediated negotiations.
A proposal to quell the anger of the Travel Agent workers was put forward today after being hammered out by union bosses and the company during talks lasting ten hours at the Labour Relations Court yesterday.
The dispute over redundancy packages resulted in a four-day sit in at Thomas Cook's outlet in Grafton Street, which ended in staff, including a pregnant woman, being manhandled out of the premises by a large number of Garda.
The workers accepted the offer after being briefed by their union representatives this morning. Almost 80 workers are still set to lose their jobs following Thomas Cook's decision to close its two Dublin outlets, but the redundancy package has been agreed.
The was some speculation this morning that the offer would be refused after Thomas Cook management claimed the deal was no different from what was on offer before the dispute began.
However, the TSSA union general secretary Gerry Doherty said it was not the same deal and there had been "some movement" on the part of the company.
The 77 staff accepted the offer, which is believed to include five weeks per year of service plus a month's pay.
Unions and workers had complained that Thomas Cooks claims it could not afford better redundancy payments were unfounded after the travel agent's top executive took home £7 million last year, and staff were said to be holding out for eight weeks per year of service.
Thomas Cook, coincidentally, is due to announce its quarterly results later today.
Thomas Cook UK and Ireland chief executive Pete Constanti reiterated previous comments he made that the deal on offer was generous.
"We have honoured a redundancy package based on five weeks of pay per year of service. This equals the value of that which was offered prior to the unofficial action and the illegal occupation of the Grafton Street store."
(DW/BMcC)
A proposal to quell the anger of the Travel Agent workers was put forward today after being hammered out by union bosses and the company during talks lasting ten hours at the Labour Relations Court yesterday.
The dispute over redundancy packages resulted in a four-day sit in at Thomas Cook's outlet in Grafton Street, which ended in staff, including a pregnant woman, being manhandled out of the premises by a large number of Garda.
The workers accepted the offer after being briefed by their union representatives this morning. Almost 80 workers are still set to lose their jobs following Thomas Cook's decision to close its two Dublin outlets, but the redundancy package has been agreed.
The was some speculation this morning that the offer would be refused after Thomas Cook management claimed the deal was no different from what was on offer before the dispute began.
However, the TSSA union general secretary Gerry Doherty said it was not the same deal and there had been "some movement" on the part of the company.
The 77 staff accepted the offer, which is believed to include five weeks per year of service plus a month's pay.
Unions and workers had complained that Thomas Cooks claims it could not afford better redundancy payments were unfounded after the travel agent's top executive took home £7 million last year, and staff were said to be holding out for eight weeks per year of service.
Thomas Cook, coincidentally, is due to announce its quarterly results later today.
Thomas Cook UK and Ireland chief executive Pete Constanti reiterated previous comments he made that the deal on offer was generous.
"We have honoured a redundancy package based on five weeks of pay per year of service. This equals the value of that which was offered prior to the unofficial action and the illegal occupation of the Grafton Street store."
(DW/BMcC)
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