Full pay recovery in DAA
by Bernard Harbor
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IMPACT and other unions have achieved the full reversal of pay cuts at Dublin Airport Authority. Cuts of between 4.25% and 8.5%, which were negotiated in response to a collapse in passenger numbers and income in 2009, are to be fully restored from July.
The pay improvements are to be backdated to the beginning of 2016 in a deal that requires the airport unions to resume negotiations on the ‘Better Together’ initiative to improve industrial relations and introduce a new DAA pay model.
IMPACT official Johnny Fox said the deal was the result of negotiations and intensive lobbying of DAA by the union’s IAESA branch, which represents middle managers in the company. “The full reversal of pay cuts from the austerity era is welcome news for our members in DAA, and a boost for the union’s wider campaign for pay recovery,” he said.
Last week, delegates at IMPACT’s biennial conference backed motions calling on the union to prioritise income recovery across the public service, voluntary sector, and viable commercial enterprises in the private and state sectors.
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