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SIPTU vows to fight for jobs at SR TEchnics

Date Released: 12 Feb 2009

SIPTU Branch Organiser Pat Ward has told senior management at SR Technics that the Union is willing to do its utmost to save jobs at the company’s North Dublin plant but will resist closure. "We intend using the thirty day consultation process to the utmost to try and save these job", he said after the meeting with CEO Bernd Kessler and other top executives today.

He added that the company had admitted it intended pulling out of Dublin and gave the downturn in the aviation industry as the reason. It intended moving away from its current core business of base maintenance to other activities and this made Dublin redundant to its needs.

"We expressed our disappointment to the CEO at his approach", Mr. Ward said. "We pointed out that we had been through crises before with FLS and Team Aer Lingus but management had always been prepared to roll up their sleeves with us and tackle the issues. We said we were prepared to do so again and asked them to join us in saving the plant."

Mr. Kessler said there may be pockets of work available and the company would look at that option.

"We made it clear we were not there to discuss redundancies, that generations of workers in North Dublin had depended on the aviation industry for a livelihood, the decision to close was wrong and that we would use the thirty days consultation period to do our utmost to save the jobs."