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(en) More disruption to rail services threatened by Padraig Yeates and Dick Hogan
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DAMN <damn@tao.ca>
Date
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:41:43 -0400
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Originally From: <struggs@mindspring.com>, DAMN's labor topic s
pecialist Labour Start: www.labourstart.org /
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Further disruption to train services has been
threatened by the drivers who took unofficial industrial action
yesterday, leading to interruptions in rail services between Dublin and
Cork and Kerry. The
drivers' action resulted in a fall in the number of passengers carried
on the affected routes of Éireann from a norm of 9,000 to 4,500.
The breakaway union at the centre of the dispute, the Irish Locomotive
Drivers' Association (ILDA), has warned that further action is likely
next Sunday.
The Cork drivers took the action in support of the claim of the ILDA
president, Mr Chris Holbrook, for a day's pay for time spent
representing another driver at a disciplinary hearing 12 days ago.
He is the second senior ILDA member to encounter difficulties over
representing fellow drivers. On Friday, train services in Athlone were
disrupted when the ILDA executive secretary, Mr Brendan Ogle, had a
similar
grievance.
A company spokesman said ILDA was not a recognised union and had "no
legal standing whatsoever".
Mr Ogle said he believed the company was "testing the ground and I think
they have had their answer". He warned the company that unless it was
prepared to give written assurances that ILDA members would receive paid
time off to represent drivers at disciplinary hearings and inquiries,
the ILDA executive would sanction further disruption.
This is likely to mean further disruption to Sunday services on all
routes. Because Sunday working is optional, it is not necessary for
strike ballots to be held or strike notice served.
The ILDA has about 120 members, or a third of Iarnród Éireann drivers.
It is opposed to attempts by the company to introduce more flexible
working arrangements and has accused the established trade unions, SIPTU
and the NBRU, of selling out train drivers.
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