ATGWU rail strike looming

The Government has been urged to seek official intervention in an effort to avert tomorrow's planned rail strike.

ATGWU rail strike looming
Mon, 07 May, 2001 - 08:02

The Government has been urged to seek official intervention in an effort to avert tomorrow's planned rail strike.

Fine Gael's Jim Higgins said Public Enterprise Minister Mary O'Rourke should call on the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court to mediate between the ATGWU and Iarnrod Eireann in a continuing dispute over recognition.

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