Labour Court proposes 4% pay hike for airport staff

The Labour Court has recommended that staff at Cork and Dublin airports receive a 4% pay increase over two years in exchange for signing up to a new “management /employee operating model”.

According to the court, the unions in the case — Siptu, Teeu, Unite and Ucatt — had been seeking the restoration of earning following the introduction of a cost recovery plan in 2009; to retrospectively introduce a profit-sharing scheme; a 6% pay claim with 3% retrospectively applied from January 2013 and a further 3% applied from January 2014; the abolition of the cost recovery plan, with temporary pay reductions returned to members before talks on a new agreement.

For its part the DAA, which operates Cork and Dublin airports, said it was inappropriate for the unions to seek retrospection on deductions made in line with the cost recovery plan. It said no meaningful discussions had taken place over a profit-sharing scheme. On the 6% pay claim, it said it was not in a position to concede the unions’ claim.