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AER LINGUS HAS said it finds it “most regrettable” that SIPTU is to continue with plans for industrial action at the airline.
The company is in the process of activating its disruptions handling plan and said it will do everything possible on Monday 19 November to minimise disruption to its customers’ travel plans. “Aer Lingus’ primary focus in the coming days is on our customers,” said a statement.
It added:
Aer Lingus finds it most regrettable that SIPTU has taken this decision to use Aer Lingus customers as leverage in a dispute, for which a way forward is clearly available.
The requirement for employment cost stabilisation measures has been consistently stated by Aer Lingus in all of its statements. This requirement is not new and Aer Lingus’ position in this regard remains unchanged.
The airline said it will communicate proactively with customers over the coming days to inform them of any anticipated schedule changes.
Clarification
The SIPTU council of representatives at Aer Lingus has sought clarification from the ICTU and IBEC on aspects of their proposal to mediate in the pensions dispute.
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Dermot O’Loughlin, said:
Our members are seeking the removal of pre-conditions introduced by Aer Lingus and which we believe to be unrelated to the pension crisis. In addition, we need clarification on the roles and responsibilities of all the participants mentioned in the ICTU/IBEC proposals. Separately, the union needs to establish if the Dublin Airport Authority is committed to the ICTU/IBEC proposals including the intention to refer certain issues to the Labour Court, where necessary.
He said that SIPTU members are not in a position to withdraw the notice for industrial action at the airline until such time as acceptable clarifications are received.
Yesterday, SIPTU held an emergency meeting with its Aer Lingus committee to discuss a five-point-plan from ICTU and IBEC to help solve the Aer Lingus/DAA pension crisis.
Following that meeting, O’Loughlin said the committee welcomes all initiatives aimed at resolving this difficult and complex dispute. He said that Aer Lingus has linked the resolution of the pension crisis to productivity/stabilisation measures, and:
Our members will not accept any proposals that require them to engage in productivity negotiations as a condition of protecting their pension entitlements.
Unions served Aer Lingus notice of industrial action last week.
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How right joan burton is. Guaranteed to save millions if she goes ahead with this idea. Too many people choosing to scrounge off others. On the other hand, it is awful the amount of people that are genuinely out of work. They deserve every cent they get.
Well done to you and all the people who agree with you you’re idiots. When there was full employment in this country we were running at 3% unemployment, of those only a small proportion of people were long term unemployed. To tar the 14.7% who are currently in such difficulty is to display a level of ignorance all too common on this isle of ours. Instead of being castigated by morons as scroungers, people unfortunate enough to be unemployed should be supported and encouraged, that is essentially what any research into the matter has shown, the stereotype of someone chosing unemployment as a lifestyle choice is not supported by any evidence whatsoever and is simply a sign of ignorance on the part of anyone who blows this nonsense out of their mouths, as careless and thoughtlessly as shite comes out of a cow’s arse.
William, regardless of who is right or wrong, you might want to watch your language… you’re not going to win an argument this way
William- Firstly I dont like the way you refer to me and those who like this comment as idiots,everyone is entitled to an educated opinion & yours is appreciated once you have a valid point to make.With reference to the 14.7% who are in difficulty at the moment, it is the thoughts of myself & im sure many individuals that they well deserve to receive their social welfare as they cant find a job in this economic crisis, but to say that they have been offered a job and turned it down is another story their payments definitely should be cut. With reference to scroungers- Do you feel confident knowing those who work hard and pay their high taxes from their pay packet are paying others weekly s.w. payments so they may maintain a standard of living beyond that of which a traditional worker may have once all the bills are paid!? Our taxes are no longer being used to improve our health services, roads, create new employment etc, it is being returned to many individuals who have refused work from the day they were born. I am not criticising people who have unfortunately lost their jobs due to this economic crisis- plenty of them dont want to be on social welfare & would gladly take a job if they got one.
Or ‘receive no money’ even. Why should we foot the bill for anyone that’s too lazy to work for living?
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