Munster 999/112 operators vote to strike over lack of 'job evaluation'

Siptu confirmed that 24 staff based at theMunster Regional Communications Centre had unanimously voted 'in favour of industrial action and in favour of strike action'

MRCC operators process an average of 26,000 999/112 calls a year, mobilising 69 retained and full-time fire stations across Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Kerry, Cork and Waterford. Picture: Cork County Fire Brigade

Emergency 999/112 operators who dispatch local authority fire services to call-outs across Munster have voted for a campaign of industrial action and strike action in a dispute with Limerick City and County Council over job conditions.

Siptu confirmed on Wednesday that a total cohort of 24 staff based at the Munster Regional Communications Centre (MRCC), had unanimously voted “in favour of industrial action and in favour of strike action”.