Aer Lingus begins talks to sway anti-roster staff

AER LINGUS yesterday began face-to-face talks with its 1,800 ground staff to address the rostering concerns that caused workers to overwhelmingly reject the airline’s multimillion-euro cost-cutting plan.

The company yesterday said it believed the draft rosters it had given staff had not been properly explained and this was why they had voted by three to one against its cost-saving agenda.

New timetables are one of the key concessions the company has asked ground staff to make in order to contribute €10 million of the total €20m in savings the company is demanding under its Programme for Continuous Improvement Agenda 2007 (PCI-07).