Following the strike notice to Dublin airport, reported in last month’s newsletter, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) made a new offer in the long lasting dispute over a €748 million deficit in the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme (IASS) pension scheme. The new offer aimed at realising pensions at 78% of the final salary and raising the extra contribution from the DAA from 32 million euro in the previous bid, to 55 million euro in the current. However, talks at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) aimed at resolving the dispute at Aer Lingus and the DAA collapsed. A SIPTU spokesman said that the company made generous pension contributions for a small number of elite staff which were ten times greater than those made for employees at lower grades. Industrial action is almost inevitable.
English: http://www.siptu.ie/media/pressreleases2012/mainnews/fullstory_16676_en.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/1017/1224325341362.html
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/aer-lingus-staff-to-strike-next-month-over …
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