Eircom staff to serve notice of industrial action

EIRCOM is today expected to be served with notice of industrial action up to and including strike action by 4,500 of its workers.

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is taking the action, the first at the company in 30 years.

The union claims that Eircom’s Australian owner, Babcock and Brown, was refusing to pay a 2% pay increase due under the Towards 2016 national wage deal until staff agree changes in working conditions.