Cabin crew strike today
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Cabin crew members on the picket line at Dublin airport today. Photo: IMPACT Communications Unit. |
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Members of IMPACT’s Cabin Crew branch are on a 24-hour strike today over management’s intransigent attitude to rosters that create intolerable burdens on staff. The dispute has seen 200 flights cancelled at a loss of €10 million to the company.
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Withdrawal of acting payments provokes action
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Staff protest at South Dublin County Council. |
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Staff in South Dublin County Council began a campaign of industrial action this week after management unilaterally withdrew acting payments from 13 of its staff and revealed plans to do the same to another 150 workers.
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New officers elected
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Jerry King, IMPACT president. |
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Jerry King of IMPACT’s Mayo branch has been elected to serve as the union’s president for the next two years. The election took place at IMPACT’s recent biennial delegate conference, which elected a new team of officers.
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IMPACT backs gay marriage
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Sinead Costello, Sligo branch. |
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IMPACT will campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in any future referendum on gay marriage after delegates at the union’s recent conference unanimously endorsed the stance. Sinead Costello of the union’s Sligo branch said it was unreasonable to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.
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