Unions seek talks to avert air strike

TRADE UNIONS at Aer Rianta have made a last-ditch effort to start talks with the Minister for Transport in a bid to avoid strike action at the country’s three main airports.

Leaders of the main Aer Rianta unions, including SIPTU, Mandate, Impact and the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union met at Dublin Airport yesterday to decide what action to take over the planned break-up of the company into three separate airport authorities.

It followed Transport Minister Seamus Brennan’s recent rejection of calls by the unions for an independent review of his controversial plans to give autonomy to Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports.