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2009

SIPTU WELCOMES END TO 15 WEEK DISPUTE AT MARINE TERMINALS

Date Released: 21 Oct 2009

The fifteen week dispute at Marine Terminals Ltd in Dublin Port has ended following a decision by the company to accept a Labour Court recommendation on job retention and redundancies.
 
The Labour Court recommended an improved redundancy package of six weeks inclusive of statutory entitlements and recommended that the parties engage directly with a view to resolving other matters including the number of jobs to be retained.
 
It recommended that redundancies should take place on a voluntary basis, initially. It also recommended that the selection criteria for any further redundancies should be agreed between the parties.
 
Issues relating to the terms and conditions of those who return to work and the specific numbers of jobs to be retained have yet to be finally agreed.
 
According to SIPTU Regional Secretary, Christy McQuillan, the parties will begin discussions immediately to give effect to the full recommendations of the Labour Court.
 
“We welcome the company’s acceptance of the Labour Court recommendation with a view to ending this long running dispute. We welcome the improved redundancy offer and note the courts recommendation that the parties engage directly with a view to resolving other issues including the number of jobs and the selection process for any further redundancies. It is also noted that the Court has recommended that the parties, should they fail to agree on any of these issues, enter a process of arbritation,” he said.
 
Christy McQuillan, on behalf the SIPTU members involved in the dispute, expressed his gratitude for the assistance of the local communities in East Wall, Irishtown and Ringsend, the International Transport Federation and other trade unions in securing the progress made in resolving this dispute.



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