Strike action by SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, has been deferred following the reinstatement of a worker dismissed for trade union activity.

Management and workers representatives met at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss other outstanding issues at the facility which treats water for domestic and commercial purposes for 248,000 people living in Dublin and Wicklow.

-- Advertisement --

SIPTU members at the plant had voted unanimously for strike action on Thursday, 25th April. The ballot for strike action followed the failure of their employer, the agency ICDS Constructors Ltd, to recognise the right of the workers to be collectively represented by their trade union and the company’s failure to meaningfully engage at the LRC on 23rd April.

SIPTU Sector Organiser, Martin Meere, said: "The workers are pleased that their terms for deferring strike action have been accepted. This dispute is essentially about the right of workers to collectively bargain through the union of their choice with their employer. A conclusion to this dispute requires meaningful engagement by all parties and it remains imperative that we make progress in the coming days."

(CD/IT)