Aer Lingus staff meet to consider strike action

AER LINGUS ground staff meet this morning to decide whether to embark on strike action in protest at the airline’s decision to press ahead with controversial cost-saving measures.

Aer Lingus staff meet to consider strike action

If the action proceeds thousands of passengers could be grounded over the summer months, the airline’s busiest period.

The 1,800 staff’s union SIPTU wrote to the company two weeks ago demanding it lift its freeze on a 2.5% pay increase due to the workers under the Towards 2016 pay deal and a further 5% due in pay increments.

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