Siptu industrial action ballot at Aerospace over pension scheme

Siptu’s 350 members at Shannon Aerospace are to ballot for industrial action at the end of this week.

This follows the German-owned firm confirming, yesterday, it had ceased making contributions to the defined benefit pension scheme.

The dispute between the aircraft maintenance firm and Siptu over the scheme has already been subject to a Labour Court recommendation last month urging the sides to negotiate over a two-month period on the company’s proposal to replace its defined benefit pension scheme with a defined contribution one.