Aer Lingus parties told to work on relationship

Aer Lingus and its unions have been told to "urgently" review industrial relations at the airline to prevent future strikes similar to those which saw 30,000 passengers grounded at the end of last month.and could have seen 70,000 more affected next week.

Both airline management and cabin crew union Impact have accepted a recommendation on the rostering dispute issued by the Labour Court yesterday morning.

As a preface to its findings, the Labour Court’s chairman Kevin Duffy said the mediation body wished to make some general recommendations “directed at assisting the parties in bringing about a general improvement in the conduct of industrial relations within the airline so as to minimise the possibility of similar disputes arising in the future”.