Lift mechanics to mount pickets in dispute

STRIKING lift mechanics are to mount rolling pickets outside shopping centres where British company Otis is contracted to maintain lifts and escalators.

Tue, 13 Jul, 2010 - 01:00

Scott Millar

About 65 engineers working for Otis picketed Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 yesterday in the dispute over redundancies at the firm.

Pickets were also placed on the company’s Dublin and Cork offices.

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Courts industrial disputes Place: Dublin Airport Place: Terminal 2 Place: Dublin Place: Cork Place: Killarney Person: Arthur Hall Person: Donal Tobin Event: Irish Open Organisation: Otis Organisation: Technical Engineering and Electrical Union Organisation: TEEU Organisation: Otis Lifts Organisation: SIPTU Organisation: Liebherr Container Cranes

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