Siptu to consider calling off strike

Siptu will this morning decide whether to call off the industrial action which could close the country’s airports next Monday and accept an invitation for talks with employers at the Labour Relations Commission.

LRC chief executive Kieran Mulvey yesterday issued a series of proposals to both Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport Authority management, as well as Siptu, on how the sides might begin to tackle the mounting pension deficit for employers, which is in excess of €700m.

As part of the recommendations he wants to discuss with the sides on Friday, Mr Mulvey asked that ahead of those talks Siptu would agree not to follow through with its threat of strike action.