Union asks Government to step in over Aer Lingus plan

SIPTU has asked the Government to intervene over Aer Lingus’s plans to shed the jobs of more than 1,300 of its ground-staff members.

Talks between the union and airline management to find an alternative to management’s plans to outsource or make redundant the majority of its ground operation broke down acrimoniously earlier this week.

The company now intends to progress that plan from December 1. It has started considering proposals from outsourcing companies and intends to appoint contracts within days.