Why We Strike

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buseireann

SIPTU trade union members discuss the all-out indefinite strike over Bus Éireann’s implementation of cost reduction measures without union agreement.

Bus Éireann management has warned that the strike will worsen the company’s financial situation, which it has described as perilous.

A Bus Éireann statement said:

The Board and management have twice postponed the introduction of efficiency measures – which are all within current collective agreements, and do not affect basic wages or current terms and conditions – to allow for 10 days of talks in two separate sessions at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

We sought savings of €12m from a payroll of €133m – or 9% – but Unions were only prepared to cede €0.5m on the current overtime bill of €13m.

The efficiencies we are seeking to introduce relate to work practices, which must be put in place if the company is to have a viable and sustainable future.

Earlier: Ah Here

Yesterday: Going Nowhere

Via Siptu thanks Paddy Cole

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20 thoughts on “Why We Strike

  1. Jake38

    I presume any kind of objective post concerning the issues in this dispute is out of the question?

  2. paul

    While I would prefer the service to be there (I don’t use it now but have in the past and have some difficulty with how it’s been run) I am genuinely curious as to what would happen if Bus Eireann came back and said to the staff “well, we’ve no money now, Busaras is closed and for sale, don’t bother coming back to work again, I hear Aircoach are hiring.”

  3. The Bottler

    Is it true that a prior management ageed an entitlement to overtime to staff on holiday?

  4. m.e.

    Any chance for a video that shows the Bus Éireann side of things? I understand their frustration but a company losing money has to do something, money doesn’t come from thin air.

    1. Bodger

      Thanks m.e, we can’t find a video from management but have included a portion of Bus Èireann’s statement.

    2. Turgenev

      But it’s not a ‘company’, it’s a semi-State entity inadequately funded by the State.

  5. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

    Is it true the average salary for a driver is €46k? I found that online. I wonder how much overtime they get for weekends etc?

  6. Liam Deliverance

    A payroll of €133m, can we get a breakdown on that, how many staff, their roles, their salary levels?

    1. Deluded

      Can’t find that breakdown, how many are in accounts and HR, customer service, ticket agents etc. Doescanyone know if management are taking paycuts or facing redundancy?

  7. Deluded

    https://www.glassdoor.ie/Salary/Bus-Eireann-Bus-Driver-Salaries-E307845_D_KO12,22.htm
    €13 – €17 per hour is a maximum of €34k per year, so presumably like a lot of workers on sites and in services they are working ~50 hours per week to make up those salaries of €45k-€48k for driving night or day, at weekends and on holidays.
    Bus Éireann’s corporate information doesn’t give a breakdown of staff numbers but a total of 2700 employees gives an average of about €50k salary.
    Presumably managers and that get a lot more and clerical/admin get a lot less.

  8. Eoin

    It’s interesting watching the unionized workers have to fight for better pay/ conditions. Because every non unionized industry here had already cut health cover, pension payments and are firing staff in their hundreds to rehire a selection on contract. They’re also screwing a nine hour day out of us too now.

  9. Gabby

    If the bus company goes into receivership and is wound up, so many jobs will be lost. Children and grandchildren won’t find job opportunities in the transport sector.

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