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# strike - Yesterday’s News
Water treatment plant workers down tools
Work stopped at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant over staff demands for fair pay.
# strike - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Teachers ‘know pay negotiations will end up in compromise’
The General Secretary of the INTO said today that two issues of note were higher pay and the supervision allowance.
# strike - Friday 17 May, 2013
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# strike - Thursday 16 May, 2013
UPDATE: Bus Éireann proposals cut executive pay, restore driver premiums
Additional cash savings of €330,000 are expected to be made from contributions by executives, and directors also face a 20 per cent pay cut.
Bus Éireann services to operate as normal today
A minimum of 24 hours notice will be given for any industrial action, unions officials have said.
IBEC wants the law changed so strikes won’t disrupt key services
IBEC wants the government to increase the notice period that needs to be served on companies.
# strike - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
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Bus Éireann services to run as normal tomorrow
No agreement was reached during today’s talks and discussions aimed at resolving the row are expected to continue for some time.
Bus Éireann services running today, but will workers go back on strike tomorrow?
Talks aimed at resolving the dispute between management at workers will continue at the Labour Relations Commission today with the suspension of the strike in place until tomorrow.
# strike - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Dublin Bus and Irish Rail workers consider strike action
Siptu is to ballot its members for industrial action this Thursday.
Gilmore: Negotiated settlement on Bus Éireann in best interests of everyone
The Tánaiste was speaking after strike action at the transport company was postponed in order to facilitate talks between unions and management.
Suspended Bus Éireann strike has already cost company €500,000
A 48-hour break in industrial action is currently underway, following a decision made last night after intervention from the Labour Relations Commission.
# strike - Monday 13 May, 2013
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Bus Éireann strike: LRC invites company and workers to talks
Bus Eireann has said it will attend the talks, which have been welcomed by the government – but no word yet from workers.
Here are the only Bus Éireann services which are operating right now
The company has released a short list of services which continue to operate.
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# strike - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Poll: Are Bus Éireann workers right to go on strike?
Management says cost-cutting measures are necessary but unions say their members will be thousands of euro worse off as a result of the changes. What do you think?
Here are the Bus Éireann services cancelled because of strike action
The bus company has released a list of the services which are not operating today due to the strike action being taken by workers over €5 million of cost-cutting measures.
Strike: Bus Éireann workers walk out as passenger services affected
Services are likely to be affected all day as a result of the strike action which has arisen out of cost-cutting measures at the transport operator.
# strike - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Bus Éireann: It’s ‘unlikely’ we’ll manage to stop a strike before midnight
The bus operator says travellers should expect disruptions as some staff strike, and others refuse to pass pickets.
# strike - Thursday 9 May, 2013
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Bus Éireann workers to strike from Sunday
Bus Éireann believes the industrial action, if it goes ahead, will be “illegal and unofficial”.
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Bus Eireann staff could undertake industrial action on Sunday
The move would be due to the introduction of cuts by the company to save €5 million.
# strike - Sunday 5 May, 2013
It’s off: Strike deferred at Dublin water plant
SIPTU members at the Shanganagh plant said employers didn’t recognise the trade union – but the plant management rejected the claim.
# strike - Saturday 4 May, 2013
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Strike at Dublin water plant to begin on Tuesday
“We cannot believe that our employers are refusing to recognise our union – it’s 2013, not 1913″.
# strike - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock..
SIPTU to ballot for strike action as Bus Éireann commits to cost cutting
Bus Éireann has said it plans to implement Labour Court recommendations which will mean some workers at the bus company work longer for less pay.
# strike - Friday 26 April, 2013
Column: To restore our financial credibility, tough decisions must be taken on Croke Park 2
You can’t spend money you don’t have, writes Seán Murphy, who says Jack O’Connor’s proposal to use the €1 billion promissory note savings and taxing the wealthy is not a viable solution.
# strike - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
‘Nothing on the table’ to provoke teachers’ strike, says Minister
Ruairà Quinn said it is “far too early” to say if legislation will be brought to legislate for pay cuts following the rejection of Croke Park II.
# strike - Monday 22 April, 2013
Strike action sees Lufthansa flights cancelled across Europe
Dozens of flights to and from Ireland and the UK have been affected, with Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg airports all targeted by the strikes.
# strike - Friday 19 April, 2013
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# strike - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Nurses warn of industrial action if government legislates for pay cuts
The Psychiatric Nurses Association has called on other public sector unions to threaten a ballot on industrial action if the government legislates to cut pay.
# strike - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Vita Cortex workers meet with Noam Chomsky in Cork
During their protest last year, Chomsky send workers messages of support commending them for their “courageous and honourable actions”
# strike - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Lufthansa flights cancelled as staff strikes commence
Workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have walked out.
# strike - Sunday 3 March, 2013
‘I have given as much as I can’ – garda speaks out against pay cuts
The garda source said many colleagues have difficulties with the potential impact of industrial action but they feel they are backed into a corner.
# strike - Monday 18 February, 2013
BBC journalists on 24-hour strike
Staff walked out at midnight in protest at compulsory redundancies.
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