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Bus Eireann has said it will attend the talks, which have been welcomed by the government – but no word yet from workers.
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The company has released a short list of services which continue to operate.
Bus Éireann says it anticipates that school transport services will operate as normal today but has advised parents to check services ahead of time.
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For context, it’s usually busier than this.
Most school pupils will be unaffected by the strike action by workers at the bus company.
Management says cost-cutting measures are necessary but unions say their members will be thousands of euro worse off as a result of the changes. What do you think?
The bus company has released a list of the services which are not operating today due to the strike action being taken by workers over €5 million of cost-cutting measures.
Services are likely to be affected all day as a result of the strike action which has arisen out of cost-cutting measures at the transport operator.
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The bus operator says travellers should expect disruptions as some staff strike, and others refuse to pass pickets.
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Bus Éireann believes the industrial action, if it goes ahead, will be “illegal and unofficial”.
The move would be due to the introduction of cuts by the company to save €5 million.
A spokesperson for Bus Éireann said the company’s future is at risk if it can’t bring in major changes to pay and conditions for employees.
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar said that Bus Éireann would have to implement the LRC measures on 12 May unless “alternative approaches” could be found.
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Bus Éireann has said it plans to implement Labour Court recommendations which will mean some workers at the bus company work longer for less pay.
Legislation taking effect today gives Emily Logan the power to investigate the treatment of children by a slew of new agencies.
A coach on the Letterkenny to Dublin crashed during the early hours of Thursday morning.
A new survey has found that some commuters could also have a month’s worth of travel bus services for less than the cost of a tank of petrol.
Siptu members have voted “overwhelming” against what was tabled by the Labour Relations Commission.
The affected stations have a combined weekly footfall of approximately 200,000 people.
All parties to the dispute have agreed to attend a Labour Court hearing as soon as possible.
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association and Siptu have threatened industrial action from this Sunday.
Attempts will be made to avoid possible strike action in the coming days which would disrupt commuters across the country.
In a ballot, 91 per cent of members voted in favour of the strike, and a spokesperson said that workers in the CIE group could follow suit.
Bus Eireann has decided to introduce a range of cost-cutting measures, including cutting overtime, shift, premium and rota payments.
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The cost-cutting measures are due to come into effect on 13 January.
