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Hovis Unite members on the picket line at the Belfast bakery fighting for a ten per cent pay rise ‘not the crumbs’ – they are on indefinite strike
NEARLY 130 workers are facing the sack at Shannon Airport while almost 200 others are to be laid off for three months without pay at Cork Airport, Aer Lingus announced on Tuesday.
Aer Lingus said it intends to permanently close its Shannon Airport cabin crew base where it employs 126 workers and also lay off 198 crew and ground staff in Cork Airport without pay from September to November this year.
The airline management confirmed its intention to proceed with mass sackings and lay-offs ahead of a meeting with trade union officials where it said that it intended to try to justify its plans by claiming that it has lost 103 million euros in the first three months of this year.
Industry and Employment Correspondent
The Government is considering an extended wage support scheme specifically for aviation amid fears of further job losses in the sector, according to a senior official in the Department of Transport.
Assistant Secretary Fintan Towey made his comments addressing the Fórsa Services and Enterprises conference this morning.
Mr Towey also said that there was a recognition across Government of the need to provide clarity on any lifting of travel restrictions before the end of May.
A possible announcement in relation to this is expected in the coming week or two , he said.
Mr Towey told delegates it was now evident that recovery in the aviation sector was going to lag behind the rest of the economy and that this would necessitate some adjustment in employment levels .
Public service unions ratify new pay agreement
Updated / Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
22:53
Industry and Employment Correspondent
Public service unions affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have overwhelmingly endorsed the new public service agreement.
The Building Momentum deal will deliver pay rises of up to 3% over two years and unwind some cuts and additional hours imposed during the financial crisis.
Thirteen out of 17 unions backed the deal, but ratification was a foregone conclusion after the four largest unions - Fórsa, SIPTU, the INTO and the INMO - voted to accept it.
In a statement, the unions described the deal as delivering modest 2% pay rises skewed towards those on lower incomes over the next two years, along with a new sectoral bargaining process, which can deliver increases of up to 1% of pensionable pay.
Industry and Employment Correspondent
The proposed public service agreement Building Momentum is now certain to be ratified tomorrow after the largest public service union Fórsa voted to back it by a margin of almost 96%.
The turnout was just over 58%.
Today s vote means that the four largest unions - Fórsa, SIPTU, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish National Teachers Organisation - have all backed the two-year agreement.
This means a majority in favour is guaranteed in tomorrow s aggregate vote by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
The ratification will come as a relief to the Government, as it should deliver certainty in pay and industrial relations for the next two years as it combats the consequences of Covid-19 and Brexit.