Car test workers threaten strike action

THE National Car Test system will be thrown into disarray in 10 days as workers begin strike action in a dispute over the company’s use of hidden cameras and private detectives.

The industrial action follows the dismissal of an employee on suspicion of “improperly passing” vehicles at the NCT centre in Naas, Co Kildare.

SIPTU’s Automobile, General Engineering and Mechanical Operatives’ (AGEMO) trade group served notice on the National Car Testing Services on Monday, to begin two weeks from then.