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BUS ÉIREANN HAS said that all services will operate as normal today, after 48 hours of talks which are set to continue.
Customers are advised to check www.buseireann.ie today and national and local media for latest updates on the operation of services.
Talks between management and union representatives will continue today at the Labour Relations Commission.
A Siptu spokesperson said that union members at Irish Rail and Dublin Bus may be balloted for industrial action in coming days, following calls for other transport workers to show solidarity with Bus Eireann workers, but that talks are proceeding with a view to settling the dispute.
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Green thumb if you support the strike action.
Red thumb if you don’t.
Jennifer I don’t know where you got your information but rail workers are definitely not been balloted for strike action today . And their is no talks about one either .
Yaaaaayyyyyy, woooohoooooo :-) still thou full respect to them for speaking up and taking action :-)
LOL wow..
Supposedly a deal is close, a negiotiated one. Justifies the workers stance I think. It probably will envolve them taking some cut, but a negotiated one, one in which perhaps management share the pain?
The unions had actually accepted the terms laid out by the LRC already, it’s the workers who refused to accept them afterwards. I wonder why the unions accepted these conditions in the 1st place?
Getting paid too much I guess Mary. Thats why I support the workers, if not, which worker is next?
It very simple. Cuts need to be implemented, if not there won’t be any Bus Eireann. There won’t be anything left to strike about.
Correct Kevin I cant believe people actually dont see that!! Then Dublin Bus and Irish Rail come along TO SHOW SUPPORT, get back to work is what the union should be telling them.
Well the Unions are businesses of course. They have to feed the workers constantly this victim mentality crap to survive. They could give a sh*t about the workers.
Yeah right like the governent are going to shut a national transport company,.
Oh that makes it all better then. Terrific!
Myself I think they are right to strike,to much been layed on the working people of this country to bail the bondholders(who shud b burned) when they can barely get by,start at the top and work its way down.
Irish Rail and Dublin Bus?? Action for what?? Am i understanding this correctly? Anyone know if cuts are being implemented?
No cuts its called solidarity and supporting your fellow workers
So Irish Rail and Dublin Bus take a days strike action?
Yes! You have it
They are all part of CIE and fear similar cuts may be imposed if the bus eireann cuts go through…
Good Christ, its a joke!
Yes there are a third round of cuts coming for Dublin bus and Irish rail.
2 sets of cuts so far, all on drivers and mechanics, none on management.
Round 3 is coming in a few weeks and guess what?
Drivers, mechanics and low level clerical staff are taking the cuts again, and as for management? Haha you guessed it! Not much at all
Jennifer, Im afraid your information is incorrect, Irish Rail is not being balloted today. Staff have heard nothing about any ballot and such talk only serves to heighten the fears of the travelling public for nothing.
Thanks for your comment, Gary – I’ve just had a chat with Siptu about that and clarified the report. All the best.
An agreement has just been reached in the labour court, will be goin to a ballot to see if drivers accept the recommendation.
Just heard on the radio of a bus i was on B-)
Jesus sh1tting Christ. For the last year all I’ve seen on this website is moaning an complaining about the sh1t state Ireland is in. Everyone saying, how much more can we take? How much more will we take? And the very second someone says enough, I’m on strike, we all starting giving out about them! Everyone should get behind the strikers. They are working men and women doing what they think is right, standing up, for a f*cking change, to the shit storm that’s been throw at us for the last 5 years. But no, you want to take a bus, so that’s all that matters. This is why Ireland is a sh1thole, because at the end of the day we don’t give a flying f*ck about each other.
Well said Jennifer.
Every Sunday 12pm. Dublin city centre weekly protest. Dublin says no
Most people in this country dont use public transport for a very good reason,this disruption wont encourage any of them to use it in the future,the intimidation and threats issued in Cork to a private operator in preventing him earning his living just confirms they are right.
Oh you mean a skab Richard?
I hope the guards are checking if these private operators actually have a licence to operate routes that may be effected by the strike action
If the cuts are not followed through and concessions are given the whole public service will be on strike by monday looking for similar deals.
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