Bus strike shows ‘working week’ is outdated

On Tuesday evening both sides in the Dublin Bus dispute decided that they needed to sit down with the Labour Court.

Whilst it was welcome it was not before time. After all, the basis of the strike was a Labour Court recommendation which was already a compromise to an earlier company plan that was rejected by the unions.

That a strike would happen was well signalled. That it would start in the middle of a bank holiday weekend meant not as many people as on a normal weekday would be inconvenienced. On Tuesday it started to bite and the voice of reason, even if it is only short term, won.