Ferry sailings on choppy waters as Stena Line staff plan strike action

FERRY passengers could be left high and dry this month as SIPTU plans strike action at Stena Line.

The union is to ballot its members for action in the coming days over company plans to introduce cuts, including a reduction in sailings between Dún Laoghaire and Holyhead from two to one a day.

“Essentially management has provoked this dispute by reneging on an agreement reached with us in the Labour Relations Commission in August 2007, which specifically provided for this situation,” SIPTU branch organiser Owen Reidy said yesterday.