Unions gear up for joint protest

TRADE unions representing workers at Peel Ports operations across Europe are gearing up for a co-ordinated protest against the company’s treatment of its staff in Dublin Port.

The dispute at the Marine Terminals operation began after unions claimed its new owners, Peel Ports, embarked on a campaign to replace the existing workforce with lower paid, non-unionised employees.

On July 3, pickets were mounted at Marine Terminals after the company made a number of Siptu staff from its 70-strong workforce redundant earlier this year and many more were asked to take redundancy.