Tyndall action may yet spread

Industrial action over pay parity at a UCC research centre could be extended to the main campus as the row rumbles on with no sign of resolution.

As staff of Tyndall National Institute picketed their city centre workplace for a fourth day in a fortnight, Siptu plans to convene representatives at the nearby university campus next week to consider the nature of supportive action for their colleagues.

Siptu and Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) members at the research institute were prevented from extending pickets to six of UCC’s 12 main entrances yesterday after management were granted a High Court injunction on Monday.