RTÉ staff agree to hold strike vote

THE threat of a strike affecting RTÉ programmes over the coming months has increased after staff at the station yesterday agreed to ballot for industrial action in a row over pensions.

A meeting of 300 RTÉ employees yesterday unanimously accepted the RTÉ trade union group leaders’ recommendation to hold a ballot for possible strike action unless station bosses address their concerns about discriminatory pension schemes.

The row centres on a 10-year campaign by unions representing RTÉ workers to obtain greater parity on pension rights for staff.