Guide dog staff ‘available for talks’ despite strike notice

STAFF at the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) headquarters served strike notice on their employers yesterday in a row over union recognition.

A number of guide dog trainers and kennel staff at the centre in Cork said they will start indefinite industrial action on September 3 unless management enter talks with their union, SIPTU.

IGDB clients will not be disadvantaged by any potential industrial action, SIPTU official Tom O’Driscoll said last night.