STRIKES * Ireland - Dublin Bus to defer cutting services
Dublin,Ireland -The Irish Times, by TIM O'BRIEN & MARTIN WALL -8 April 2009: -- Dublin Bus is to defer the introduction of cuts to services for one week from Sunday next following a request from the Labour Court yesterday afternoon... Some 450,000 customers of Dublin Bus had faced disruption from Monday following a decision by drivers at the company to reject this week recommendations initially put forward by the Labour Court... The Labour Court had initially recommended that Dublin Bus go ahead without delay with plans to take 120 buses out of service in a bid to save €31 million a year... It also proposed changes to paid meal break arrangements for drivers, which the company said could generate €350,000 in savings. The court had also recommended weekend overtime earning potential for drivers be increased. It also said there should be no dilution of shift pay arrangements...
* Isle of Man - Bus workers stage strike
Isle of Man -iom Today, by LOTTIE RAY -9 April 2009: -- Bus inspectors and depot supervisors were due to strike over pay and conditions this morning... In February, eight out of nine of the Isle of Man's bus inspectors and depot supervisors voted in favour of industrial action following talks throughout 2008 about their entitlements to shift enhancements and other benefits... Speaking on behalf of the group, Angela Moffatt, negotiations officer for the union Prospect, said: 'This is a last resort and we have tried to avoid this action for well over a year.,,Labels: strikes
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