Siptu rejects ‘derisory’ offer to Cortex staff

Siptu last night said it had rejected what it described as, a “derisory offer” made to the Vita Cortex workers staging a sit-in at their former employer’s Cork plant.

The union said it had engaged in contacts with various parties in recent days to resolve the dispute which has seen 32 workers encamped in the foam plant on the Kinsale Road for almost 80 days.

Among those parties was employers’ body Ibec which was acting on behalf of Vita Cortex.