ESB pension row – Strike action is not the answer here

There is something chilling about the response by Brendan Ogle, head of the ESB Group of Unions, to proposals that customers switch suppliers if a threatened strike goes ahead next month and leads to power cuts.

“It won’t make a blind bit of difference,” he said.

His comment followed warnings by Retail Excellence Ireland that its members would move to rival suppliers unless the strike is called off.