Bord na Móna staff strike over pay

Almost 1,500 staff at Bord na Móna will today hold a one-day all-out strike at the plant over pay demands.

If those demands are not met it is likely the action will be escalated further with more prolonged strikes which could severely undermine the peat producer’s ability to supply its customers such as ESB.

Today’s action comes after almost two thirds of the staff — members of Unite, Siptu, and the Technical Electrical and Engineering Unions — rejected a deal hammered out between union representatives and the company.