Hopes high for an end to dispute

TALKS brokered by the Labour Relations Commission could today settle a dispute which has seen 180 workers on strike since last Friday.

The employees, who are affiliated to SIPTU, and who form the majority of the 250-strong workforce of the aircraft maintenance company, took industrial action late last week after their company bosses tried to introduce new arrangements for their pension scheme.

A large proportion of staff at the SIFCO aircraft turbine maintenance plants downed tools at two plants in Cork. The factories affected are at Blackrock and Carrigtwohill.