Road and house works face halt if Cork County Council Siptu workers vote for strike

Work on repairing roads and local authority houses will grind to a halt if Siptu workers in Cork County Council vote for strike action.

The union has confirmed it will commence ballots among its hundreds of members working for the council next Monday for industrial action up to and including strike.

The union says it is frustrated with the local authority’s attitude, in particular to the dwindling number of outdoor road workers and has not acted on several calls to recruit more.