ICTU vows to fight privatisation of bus services

The Irish Congress of Trade Union has vowed to instigate strike action if the Government presses ahead with plans to partly privatise bus services in Dublin.

ICTU vows to fight privatisation of bus services

The Irish Congress of Trade Union has vowed to instigate strike action if the Government presses ahead with plans to partly privatise bus services in Dublin.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan announced this morning that he intends to privatise 25% of the Dublin bus market by the end of 2004, but ICTU has argued that similar privatisations proved disastrous in Britain and in continental Europe.

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