Employees attached to Siptu at Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action due to an on-going dispute over the DAA’s pension fund.
Staff
have been in dispute with management for some years as to how to
restructure the pension fund. The Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme
(IAAS), which covers workers in the DAA, Shannon Airport and Aer Lingus, has a deficit of around €780 million.
Ninety-four
per cent of those participating in a ballot voted in favour of
industrial action, with 89 per cent specifying a preference for strike
action, and 81 per cent looking for contributions to the pension scheme
to stop.
The result of a similar ballot at Aer Lingus will be announced tomorrow.
The dispute over the shortfall in the pension scheme has been running for a number of years. The matter went to the Labour Court in January 2013 following a prior threat of industrial action by staff.
The Irish Times
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