Cash van drivers set to mount picket on Brinks HQ
Hundreds of ATMs in Dublin and along the east coast have run out of cash during the dispute, now entering its fourth week
SIPTU said its members had been left with no option after Brinks Allied turned down a Labour Court recommendation which they had accepted.
Security branch secretary Kevin McMahon said: “The strike will proceed in the absence of the employer allowing our members to return to work in line with the Labour Court recommendation. We have been left with no alternative.”
The Labour Court recommended SIPTU staff return to work using the new Dutch cash-in-transit vehicles for an interim period of one month.
It said Brinks Allied should also defer its insistence that drivers leave the scene of an armed robbery, even if a colleague was left behind.
SIPTU made a last-minute plea to Brinks Allied last night to accept the court’s recommendation. Around 80 drivers are prepared to mount pickets, as well as 20 administrative staff in Brinks Allied.
Mr McMahon said there was concern that the company’s real agenda was to use the dispute to close its Irish business.
The company could not be contacted for comment.
