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MANDATE TRADE UNION have withdrawn from Friday’s strikes action at the Dublin Airport Authority.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, General Secretary and ICTU President John Douglas said that the union had received an invitation last Friday to attend talks with the expert panel who have been established to consider the issues with the pension scheme.
Strike action
Douglas said, “we have decided to defer the strike action until we know the outcome of the meeting”. He added that SIPTU, who have already met with the panel, did not change their opinion, but that Mandate would “wait and see” what comes of the talks on Friday.
Last week, the Department of Transport has set up a four-person expert panel earlier to see if a resolution of the issue can be secured.
Mandate represent workers work in the retail sector of the airport.
Last week, DAA and Ryanair announced that they would go to the High Court to seek an injunction against the strike action that is due to take place over the busy St Patrick’s Day bank holiday weekend.
DAA said the industrial action is contrary to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act.
That application is due to be heard in the High Court tomorrow morning before noon.
Employees and management have been at loggerheads over a long-running dispute over a €700 million deficit in the workers’ pension fund.
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Personally speaking I found UB a pleasure to deal with. Staff could not have been more helpful. The so call ‘red tape’ you refer to is in this day and age essential in the banking sector. The ‘ah sure it’ll be grand’ for of banking is well and truly over. If they bend the rules for you, where does it stop? Then (hypothetically) if down the road something happens and you had to be chased for money. They wouldn’t have a leg to stand on with the courts or central bank because they broke procedure.
Couldn’t agree more Ulsterbank staff the most helpful of the three big banks
Don’t support this bank as they are closing branches in rural areas.
No private business will support a town to lose money. Ridiculous comment. Speak to the government. British companies brought so much competition to Ireland. Love my tracker. Irish companies have to try and complete. They’re the ones that ripped you off for years.
Back in 2006 I was coming off my 2 year fixed introductory mortgage rate,the Irish bank I was with declined to give me a tracker.Ulster bank give me a tracker and paid my legal fees to move.My tracker has saved my family from serious financial headaches.Thank you Ulster Bank.
Hooray for the banks. Wonderful news :)
Woohoo every little helps
These rates are applicable for new customers. We need to see a start to interest rate reductions for existing customers.
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