i think most people recognise the need for unions in a capitalist economy, pity they are so corrupt, siptu is a complete farce

Very few hauliers in Ireland wouldn’t have much sympathies for any woes that Stobarts are having. They have driven down the prices for smaller hauliers when the cost of fuel is already crippling them. Should they pull out of ireland or go busy there won’t be many hauliers still standing to take their place.

How can anyone justify a 100k plus salary for that prick o Connor

Health and Safety and SIPTU ashould not be used in the same paragraph as they singlehandedlly signed the country and all it’s citizens to the Croke Park Deal which will destroy our future generations and their prospects. Pensions will be paid for the next 50 years that we can not afford. They have Raped our people of any chance of surviving. Shame on them.

Once again a union trying to scupper a business where most aren’t involved in the union. SIPTU also trying to intimidate workers into joining no mention on that.

I used to work for stobarts in the uk at a tesco site. Stobarts want everything their way also if this is about drivers hours the law states that drivers extentions and reductions are down to the driver not the company. Stobart think that’s its there choice whether a driver works 15 hrs or 13. And then has either 11 or a reduced 9 hrs rest. Stobart are known in my old depot for bully boy tacktiks and threatneing drivers we have had it over hrs and we were told that those drivers who have put there name on a collective grievence should be worried about their job. I totally agree with these drivers standing up for themselves. My old depot has had 61 drivers leave since start of december 2011.

More mischief from jack o Connor

So of the 64 people that didn’t vote in Stobarts Ballot 63 or 64 would have to vote for industrial action to get SIPTU’s 63% majority!!
Pull the other one SIPTU!!
Also strange that they wouldn’t say they had a 63% majority until they saw the results of this poll??

Has anyone here ever work for stobarts this is about how drivers are treated plus stobart lorries are limited to 89 kmh. Not 80kmh. U lot are completly missing the point its not what stobart says its how its said. They might be the biggest haulier in the uk but they have a bad rep amongst drivers they are one of the worst payers in the country.

I heard that 40 guys in Stobart uniforms have arrived in Dublin Airport. Must be here to work!!

Drivers rest periods are too important an issue, to be left to employers, to decide. Think of a 40 ton artic with a sleepy driver doing 100 km/h

I see that the union supporting desmond o toole (aptly named)
Has quit his whining now we have found his verbal diarrhoea out..,

I did ask and then I asked again and again and now we know!
SIPTU does not enjoy majority membership among the Stobart drivers and with the results of an internal ballot available it looks like an old fashioned bit of bully boy tactics by Bertie’s favourite Union.
What is it about the self destruction gene that these guys seem to acquire together with a most unusual accent ( listen to Jack O’Connor use the word utter…..it is so contrived) when they get a sniff of leadership within the Union.

Yes brian its true Stobart have brought over 84 drivers from the uk . Great way of trying ro resolve things!!!!!!!!!

I think I have seen this situation before, a workforce where some employees join a union in the expectation that the union will get them “a better deal”. the rest of the employees don’t believe they will and stay out. Add in one local union official, an employer who possibly does not recognise the union or is not willing to deal with the union over a real or perceived greviance and slowly but steadily the situation moves to a strike where some of the workers go out, the test stay working, it becomes bitter partly because there is n’y an exit strategy for those out side to get back in while the union will initially support those out in all sorts of novel ways it quickly wears off and then the scramble is on by senior officials to get it resolved ad it starts to consume the union resources. Eventually a deal is worked out, everyone goes back to work and after 12 months most of those who went out have gone and those that did n’t are laughing as they have got the benefits from any settlement of the dispute without having to pay a union sub.