Institute staff to picket UCC as pay dispute escalates

Staff at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork are to mount pickets at University College Cork in an escalation of their campaign over a perceived pay inequity between themselves and their counterparts in the university.

Last month, the 70 Siptu members at the institute mounted a picket outside their workplace over what they described as a gap of 10%-20% between their pay and that of their colleagues in UCC.

That picket saw the Siptu members, who include researchers, engineers, administration, technical, and IT staff, supported in their action by a number of colleagues from the other union at the Tyndall, the Irish Federation of University Teachers.