School bus and railway services may come under threat
School bus and railway services will come under threat if industrial action goes ahead following the breakdown in talks between Bus Eireann and trade unions. SIPTU and the NBRU had been meeting with officials from the semi-state company in an attempt to resolve a pay dispute. In a statement Bus…
Bus Eireann strike action inevitable says SIPTU
Transport Minister Shane Ross has called on all sides in the Bus Eireann dispute to take time to reflect on the issues at hand. It follows the collapse of yesterday’s talks at the Workplace Relations Commission – which the Minister has described as a ‘disappointing’ development. Later this morning the…
People urged to contact local politicians after bus eireann pay talks collapse
Talks to resolve the Bus Eireann pay dispute have collapsed. SIPTU and the NBRU have been meeting with the company at the Workplace Relations Commission this afternoon. In a statement, the NBRU says its members have been put on notice and the union will immediately engage in an all-out strike…
Unions accuse Bus Eireann of “conditioning” staff to accept cuts
Unions have accused Bus Eireann of trying to condition staff into accepting cuts to terms and conditions. It comes amid reports that the company are about to introduce radical changes within weeks, after warning that it could be insolvent within 18 months. SIPTU’s demanding the company start talking to their…
Calls for politicians to step in on threats to rural bus services
Politicians are coming under increasing pressure to protect the future of the public Bus Eireann Bus Service in rural Ireland. Bus Eireann has to reverse losses of over €8m and it commissioned a report by Grant Thornton which outlines cutting Expressway services as part of a potential solution. Bus Eireann,…
Bus users urge ‘everything be done’ to save Expressway routes
Bus-users in Sligo say everything must be done to protect the rural expressway service. It follows conflicting reports emerging yesterday on the future of the service with a leaked Grant Thornton report suggesting expressway services be axed while Bus Eireann issued a statement yesterday evening stating the ‘Expressway will continue…
Industrial action remains on the table in Bus Eireann Expressway row
SIPTU and the National Bus & Rail Workers Union are on the same page in dealing with threats to the Bus Eireann expressway routes. That’s according to the general secretary of the NBRU Dermot O’Leary following concerns raised at a public meeting in Donegal town last night. The NBRU have…