[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fireland-irish-life-workforce-on-strike-april-30-2018":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},12645,"ireland-irish-life-workforce-on-strike-april-30-2018","Ireland - Irish Life workforce on strike - April 30, 2018",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fireland-irish-life-workforce-on-strike-april-30-2018","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:27:44.069691+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F12645\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2018",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fireland-irish-life-workforce-on-strike-april-30-2018\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:43:34.223323+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Some 800 employees of insurance company Irish Life who are members of the Unite union went on strike on 5 April 2018 to protest the company’s decision to close their benefit pension scheme to future accruals in the middle of 2018, even though it currently has a €240 million surplus. A 2\u003Csup>nd\u003C\u002Fsup> day of strike was held on 24 April, accompanied by place pickets on Irish Life offices in Dublin and Dundalk. According to their union the workers are particularly angry that Irish Life’s decision to close the staff pension scheme coincided with a 6% increase in the dividends paid by parent company Great West Lifeco to shareholders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Ffinancial-services\u002Firish-life-workers-to-strike-on-thursday-over-pensions-1.3457140\">in English (1) …  \u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.breakingnews.ie\u002Fbusiness\u002Funite-announces-second-day-of-strike-action-at-irish-life-838174.html\">in English (2) …\u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers or Sanne van der Gaag, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Willy De Backer \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:wdebacker@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">wdebacker@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. 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