Bord na Móna workers to ballot on industrial action
The Bord na Móna group of unions will ballot members on industrial action later in February due to the refusal of management at the semi-state company to honour pay increases due to workers under the Towards 2016 transitional agreement.
SIPTU Organiser and Secretary of the Bord na Móna group of unions, Oliver McDonagh, said; “Unfortunately workers at Bord na Móna have been left with no choice but to ballot for industrial action. The Bord na Móna group of unions has followed all established industrial relations procedures in relation to this pay claim. The claim was originally lodged in 2009 and then referred to the Labour Relations Commission and subsequently the Labour Court in 2010.”
In 2010, the Labour Court ruled in favour of the Bord na Móna workers’ pay claim stating that their right to a 3.5% pay increase under the first phase of the Towards 2016 transitional agreement was valid and should be immediately granted retrospectively.
The Labour Court stated that Bord na Móna workers should not be treated any differently from their counterparts in other semi-state bodies who had already been paid the first phase of the Towards 2016 transitional agreement.
Oliver McDonagh said; “Management has consistently refused to honour the spirit of the Labour Court recommendation. Bord na Móna workers have shown great patience and dignity in dealing with this intransigence by the management of a consistently profitable organisation.”
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