Improved offer ends strike at Dublin terminal
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
Dock workers at Ireland's busiest container terminal in Dublin ended a 15week-long strike over redundancies after a resolution to the dispute was brokered by the Irish Labour Court.
Irish union Siptu said Peel Portsowned Marine Terminals (MTL) had agreed to an improved redundancy package of six weeks - inclusive of statutory entitlements - and recommendations that it engages with the workers to resolve other issues, including the number of jobs that will be cut.
The Labour Court also recommended that redundancies initially take place on a voluntary basis, and that the selection criteria for any more should be agreed between the parties.
Siptu regional secretary Christy McQuillan said: "We welcome the company's acceptance of the Labour Court recommendation with a view to ending this long-running dispute.
"It is also noted that the court has recommended that should the parties fail to agree on any of these issues, they enter a process of arbitration."
MTL's workers had been on strike since 3 July.
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