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NEC resolves to continue industrial campaign on airport workers' pension
Battle to save water services from privatisation only beginning
SIPTU members in DFB call for fully independent review of ambulance services
Foundation Of Irish Citizen Army commemorated in Liberty Hall
Social media campaign against racism in the workplace
Donkey Sanctuary refuses to engage with union in relation to job losses
Diversity Rally
Presentation to Fred Murray
"A Song For The Green Crow"
Fairshop
Thousands mourn RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
Congress pays tribute to Tony Benn, 'A Giant of his Generation'
SIPTU Cavan/Monaghan District Committee meets local Labour Candidates
100 Years of Liberty Hall
Decent pay for decent work now key demand for workers
One in four workers in Northern Ireland do not earn a Living Wage
The Percy French Show
Smock Alley Theatre Two Show Offer
Progressive Film Club
Community Media Archiving Seminar & Workshops
Robert Tressell, Dubliner
Barriers or Bridges? Drug Rehabilitation Projects – the Road to Recovery
Donegal in Transition – the Impact of the Congested Districts Board
10% discount for SIPTU members from Taxback.com
Dabka & Trad
Young Workers Network
Larkin Credit Union
SIPTU Basic English Scheme
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NEC resolves to continue industrial campaign on airport workers' pension

The National Executive Council (NEC) of SIPTU at its March meeting on Friday, (21st March) voted unanimously to reiterate total and complete support for the union’s members and other workers in their dispute with Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) over savage cuts in their pension entitlements.

The NEC also resolved to support any, and all, industrial action necessary and within the law to prosecute the dispute to a successful conclusion, to fight all legal proceedings and to provide full representation for any member or official arising from their actions in furtherance of the trade dispute.

It was noted that while the union is confident that it will successfully defend any court action, the pensions of several thousand workers have evaporated despite their having paid for them throughout their working lives and they continue to incur deductions every week from their hard earned pay packets. Even management has conceded that as things stand at present 90 cents in every euro of their contributions are completely worthless to them.

The meeting also condemned the delay in establishing the Expert Group which the union, together with the ICTU, had been seeking for several months and despite the fact that it was supported by the Tánaiste and Labour Party ministers and even the head of the employer’s organisation, IBEC.

The dispute is now assuming even greater significance in the light of several legal actions initiated against SIPTU which challenge the very democratic right of workers to withdraw their labour in a legitimate trade dispute over pay and conditions of employment which is universally recognised in international law and in treaties and conventions to which this country is a signatory.

 

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