Progress made in Lufthansa dispute

SIGNS of a potential breakthrough in a dispute between unions and a Dublin-based aircraft maintenance company have emerged following the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC).

Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland threatened to close its Rathcoole facility unless its 465 staff lifted an overtime ban they introduced in March.

The company claimed unions had been carrying out the action in pursuit of a 2.5% increase, sought under the last national wage agreement, which it said had not been recommended by the Labour Court in 2010.