Aer Lingus bosses to resume talks with unions over rosters

Negotiations to resolve a roster row at Aer Lingus will resume today.

Management and officials from Impact held almost seven hours of talks at Dublin Airport yesterday.

The dispute centres on a demand from cabin crew for a new rostering arrangement of five days on and three days off.

The workers involved staged a one-day strike last Friday, with the threat of further industrial action looming.

Impact is also looking for the travel privileges of cabin crew to be reinstated, after they were withdrawn on Tuesday.

However, Michael Landers from Impact says the airline has not yet acceded to the request and says Aer Lingus is seeking "unacceptable conditions" in return for a deal over the roster row.