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Monday 21 September 2020
The suggestion comes on the fourth day of 24-hour stoppages by Irish-based Ryanair pilots.
Strike action by gardaí was averted last year when a €50 million pay deal was struck in the Labour Court.
ESB workers have been offered a 5.5% pay rise over the next two and a half years.
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Changes are set to occur after an appearance by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation before the Labour Relations Commission yesterday.
Unite’s regional secretary said the move shows that the SIPTU workers have the support of the entire trade union movement.
The labour relations process had been described as “difficult to comprehend.”
SIPTU members will be balloted on action over the HSE’s failure to implement Labour Court recommendations on staff redeployment.
Trade unions welcomed the decision, but Ibec was less enthusiastic.
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The drivers have been voting since yesterday and the result is due later today.
Noel Dowling, who carried out a report on Dublin Bus, said he was ‘extremely worried’ about the company’s current situation.
Last night, unions heard proposals that could see pensions cut by 15 per cent.
The Labour Relations Commission has invited the doctors’ union and the HSE to talks tomorrow in a bid to avert the action on 25 September.
A spokesperson for Bus Éireann said the company’s future is at risk if it can’t bring in major changes to pay and conditions for employees.
SIPTU members at the Shanganagh plant said employers didn’t recognise the trade union – but the plant management rejected the claim.
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In January this year the company put its entire workforce on protective notice.
SIPTU said it was still opposed to any attempt by the airline to seek ‘cost offsetting measures’ in return for meeting its responsibility to properly fund the pensions scheme.
11 members of staff, including nine members of the UNITE union were given notice of dismissal today.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Some sun; fog early in the day
Max: 18 °C
Min: 11 °C
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 5 °C
Partly sunny with a shower
Max: 12 °C
Min: 6 °C
