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2008

Strike at Galway Airport deferred as management agrees to defer cuts to allow for LRC intervention

Date Released: 29 Oct 2008

The strike by SIPTU ground crew, fire crew and check-in personnel at Galway Airport, which was due to begin tomorrow night has been deferred. This follows a commitment by Airport management that it will not implement cutbacks in pay and hours of work unilaterally ahead of a Labour Relations Commission meeting on November 6.

The decision has been welcomed by SIPTU organising official Paul Gavan. He said, “I am glad Galway Airport management has agreed to defer the cuts in order that the LRC can try and find a resolution to the dispute, but we are under no illusions that tough talks lie ahead.

“Our 45 members’ rates of pay range from €11 to €14 an hour, which hardly makes them high earners. While we are willing to agree cost cutting proposals, as we did at Knock Airport, it must be on the basis of equity.”





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