pete
28/04/2009, 9:41 AM
Irish Times (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0428/breaking12.htm)
Up to 150,000 Dublin Bus passengers are likely to be left without a service today as an unofficial strike spreads to other depots
The strike is not sanctioned by Siptu or the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU), but has been organised by a group called the Bus Workers’ Action Group.
The protest started after Dublin Bus suspended a driver for refusing to work the new schedule on the 128 Baldoyle-to-Rathmines service.
Both unions agreed at the Labour Court earlier this month to accept the cost-saving proposals. However, drivers at Clontarf yesterday said the affected workers had not been given adequate notice of their new rosters.
Have to wonder what the point of a Union is if the members just trun around & initiate an unofficial strike. Surely the while point of management & union reps negotiating is to prevent strikes. If the workers are unhappy with the representation by their union leaders surely they shuld sack them or leave the union?
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Up to 150,000 Dublin Bus passengers are likely to be left without a service today as an unofficial strike spreads to other depots
The strike is not sanctioned by Siptu or the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU), but has been organised by a group called the Bus Workers’ Action Group.
The protest started after Dublin Bus suspended a driver for refusing to work the new schedule on the 128 Baldoyle-to-Rathmines service.
Both unions agreed at the Labour Court earlier this month to accept the cost-saving proposals. However, drivers at Clontarf yesterday said the affected workers had not been given adequate notice of their new rosters.
Have to wonder what the point of a Union is if the members just trun around & initiate an unofficial strike. Surely the while point of management & union reps negotiating is to prevent strikes. If the workers are unhappy with the representation by their union leaders surely they shuld sack them or leave the union?
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