SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers are to commence a ballot for industrial and strike action due to the threat to their jobs resulting from the wider crisis in the company. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “Today (Friday, 31st March), the SIPTU National School Bus Drivers Committee decided to commence the process of balloting its members for industrial and strike action in sympathy and support of their colleagues in Bus Éireann. “Although they are employees of Bus Éireann these workers have to date not been party to the ongoing dispute at the company. However, it is now known that their livelihoods will also be adversely affected in the circumstances that their employer is not able to continue trading. This leaves our members with no other option but to consider industrial action to protect their jobs and the services they provide.” The ballot for industrial action and strike by SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers is scheduled to be completed by 21st April.
SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers to ballot on strike action
