Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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bins lockout ends as pay deal done LEAD THE WAY: Maia Dunphy and Irish Wolfhound Conall call for dog owners to sign up for the DSPCA Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Dog Obedience Lesson, in Phoenix Park on Saturday Picture: Mac innes
GREYHOUND binmen have accepted revised pay cuts of up to 20 per cent, ending a 14-week lockout of the company. Siptu members employed by Greyhound Recycling and Recovery voted by a substantial majority (52 out of 78 strikers, with 15 abstentions) in favour of a new pay agreement at a staff meeting in Liberty Hall yesterday. After intense weekend negotiations between Siptu and management, the deal was presented to staff yesterday morning. The agreement includes a redundancy package of two weeks’ pay, plus statutory entitlements of two weeks per year of service for workers who have decided to leave Greyhound Recycling and Recovery. A picket of its
Clondalkin depot that management claimed threatened 400 jobs, will be lifted. Thirteen of the workers staying with the company will retain their previous terms and conditions. These workers will work on a Dublin City Council contract and be selected according to length of service. The rest of the workers staying at the firm agreed to a wage reduction of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent but will receive a lump sum to compensate. Greyhound had demanded cuts of 35 per cent, sparking the bitter dispute.
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