Another winter of strike threats
The airline spent yesterday briefing shocked staff in Dublin on the wholesale €97m cutbacks it claims are necessary to have in place by 2011 in order to rescue it from collapse. Those briefings continue in Cork and Shannon today. The company will then consult with unions until November 18 before using those deliberations to decide how to push ahead with its proposals.
SIPTU, which represents ground crew, back office staff and a small number of cabin crew, has said it will not accept the measures and said it will take whatever steps are necessary, including strike, to defend its members’ interests.
