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ITF applauds progress to resolve Irish dockers’ dispute
22 October 2009
The ITF has welcomed progress made towards resolution of a dispute in a port in Ireland, which erupted over the summer following management moves to impose redundancies and cut wages.
The ITF-affiliated union Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu), which represents dockers in Marine Terminals in Dublin, owned by Peel Ports, has stated that the 15-week dispute has ended. This follows a decision by Peel Ports to accept a Labour court recommendation on job retention and redundancies.
Siptu reported that the court recommended an improved redundancy package of six weeks, inclusive of statutory entitlements. It also recommended that: the parties engage directly to resolve other matters; redundancies initially take place on a voluntary basis; and selection criteria for further redundancies be agreed between the parties.
Issues relating to the terms and conditions of those returning to work and the specific number of jobs retained have yet to be finally agreed.
ITF president Randall Howard commented: “This dispute has transfixed Ireland and gone to the heart of its labour relations. Quite simply, it had to be fought. If not the door would have been opened to a collapse of any kind of job security in the country, and this was widely understood both there and among trade unionists – especially dockers – internationally.”
ITF dockers’ section secretary Frank Leys said: “We in the ITF were glad to have had the chance to support Siptu and its members in stopping the rot whose beginning they spoke out against in July. We congratulate them on this latest development and look forward to all the loose ends being tied up and the whole affair being satisfactorily resolved.”
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