NBRU General Secretary Dermot O Leary (second left) and SIPTU’s Greg Ennis (third left) speaking to the media outside the Work Place Relations Commission (WRC)
This afternoon.
Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4
Talks between Bus Eireann management and unions at the Workplace Relations Commission have collapsed raising raises the prospect of strike action if the company moves to implement payroll savings without agreement.
In a statement the National Bus and Rail Union General Secretary Dermot O ‘Leary said:
“The NRBU has put its members on notice that we will immediately engage in an all-out strike in the event that Bus Eireann move to unilaterally implement cuts to the terms and conditions of bus workers”
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All the same IBEC, ISME, Young Fine Gael trolls from the Luas strike are ready at their keyboards, waiting to denounce Bus Eireann employees as demons for wanting a fair pay deal and the chance to raise a family without fear of poverty.
In fairness now, how on earth is a bus driver worth 60k?
So the comment on the fact one of things being cut was treble time pay which is €45+ hr, what was wrong with the comment.
Huh?
I was elaborating on your comment, but like normal bs cherry pick what post.
They delete mine too and I’m always lovely..
How on earth is a garda worth 65K plus? And that’s before their pension
When did Joey Tribbiani learn to drive a bus?
Top Gear, I’d say.
This isn’t going to be resolved until the government(s) cop on and properly fund the public transport system
They need to stop running our public transport system as though it should make a profit. That’s not it’s purpose.
I can see the reason to squeeze it every now and then to make it more efficient, get with the 21st century, etc, but it’s getting to the point where they’re cutting into bone
Intelligent and practical Governments (such as those in Germany, Holland and the Nordic countries amongst others) see efficient and inexpensive public transport as a necessity and fully support it. We of course choose to ape the British, with the obvious consequences.
+1
Running it at a millions+ lose each year and paying Excessively high wages and perks is not how to do it either
Hey look at this Sheik, I completely agree with you :-)
Quelle surprise!! Now who’d a thunk it? Go away.
That wasn’t very nice.
My abject and sincere apologies to Harry. I expected the standard response and misread. That is no excuse, I was wrong.
No worries Sheik
Paying over the odds to union members is not “investing in public services”, despite the attempts of the beardies to conflate the two at every opportunity.
Rubbish. These clowns want an express service that runs locally. They’ve 20% of drivers on stand-by. I heard drivers only drive just over 50% of the time their paid. No one will ever pay for an “express ticket” if it stops in every back ar5e hole along the way.
“It said on average, drivers are paid for 9.4 hours a day, with 1.6 hours overtime, while they only drive for 5.5 hours.”
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/strike-looms-at-bus-eireann-after-talks-collapse-35469927.html
The drivers’ union man said on the News tonight that they were willing to negotiate on efficiencies but the company was refusing to talk.
Sure they are. Unions, well known for proactively changing work practices for the benefit of their employer and/or customers.
That would tie in perfectly with tachograph driving time allowances and EU driving time directives…or do you want them to drive a passenger laden,16 ton,13 mtr rig for 10hrs without a break at all….get your tax dollars worth….
PS. Why can’t we use those funny little faces which are on the ‘phone, and save so much conversation? ;-)
You’d still be obnoxious
Surely not, some of them are sooo cute. Great name by the way ;-D
Thanks :)
but in colour
We should support the workers in their fight against blushirt tyranny and shane ross indifference
is this another one that Shane Ross says is none of his business? I wonder if it’s a surprise for him everytime he hears he’s minister for transport?
Well eff me pink and call me Rosy. I just heard Howlin stand up in the Dail to berate Kenny about “the race to the bottom” “decency” and “attacks on workers’ pay and conditions”!! This from a former member of The Gang of Four? I’ve come over all peculiar ;-D