Press Release

SIPTU members in Aer Lingus accept Labour Court recommendation concerning pay

Date Released: 03 November 2017

SIPTU members in Aer Lingus have voted by 53% to 47% to accept a Labour Court recommendation aimed at resolving the pay dispute at the airline in a ballot counted today (Friday, 3rd November) in Dublin Airport.

 SIPTU Organiser, Neil McGowan, said: “The acceptance of the proposals by SIPTU members, in the non-craft grades, in Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports concludes a 12-month process which involved local negotiations, meetings at the Workplace Relations Commission and ultimately a hearing in the Labour Court.

“The result of this ballot is only a first step towards improving our members’ terms and conditions of employment at the airline. SIPTU representatives will now immediately move to vigorously pursue further improvements in workers’ conditions and the introduction of a profit share scheme within the company.”

He added: “Aer Lingus is posting significant profits as a result of restructuring programmes which have been implemented by our members and the sacrifices they have made in terms of reductions to their pension benefits. It is now time that our members were provided with their fair share of these significant profits.”

SIPTU organises 1,500 members in Aer Lingus at Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports.