Pressure on Aviva to list where cuts will be made

AVIVA management will come under fresh pressure today to reveal from which parts of its Irish operations it intends to get rid of up to 950 staff.

At a meeting with worker representatives and the UNITE trade union, management will be told that a ballot for industrial action up to and including strikes will begin this evening.

“We will be letting them know the fury and determination of staff throughout the country,” said Brian Gallagher, regional officer with UNITE, which represents 1,000 of the insurer’s staff.