Steps to resolve industrial dispute

Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent The National Implementation Body, which supervises the social partnership agreement, has taken steps to try and resolve the industrial dispute at local offices of the Department of Agriculture and Food.

It met with the Civil and Public Service Union, representing clerical officers on strike in five counties, and Department of Agriculture and Food officials at Government Buildings on Thursday evening.

Further contact is expected on Monday in a bid to find a solution to the 11-week-old dispute over promotional outlets in DAF’s local offices.