ESB unions cleared way for strike vote in July

ESB workers will be balloted for the right to take any defensive measures “up to and including strike action” if the Government goes through with its plan to sell off the company.

In a clear warning to those in power, the Unite trade union warned it has already passed a motion allowing its members to vote to strike if the sell-off occurs.

A spokesperson for the union said all worker groups at the company agreed to the potential strike action plan, which was detailed in a motion put forward in July at the biennial conference of the ESB Group of Unions.