Aer Lingus ground staff vote to accept 8.5% pay rise
A majority of Aer Lingus ground staff voted Friday to accept a Labour Court recommendation that the airline’s workers get an 8.5% pay rise over 39 months. Trade union Siptu, which represents 1,500 non-craft workers at Aer Lingus, confirmed Friday that they had voted by 53% to 47% to accept the recommendation in a ballot. The group includes staff such as baggage handlers, cleaners, boarding and checking staff, and office workers, in Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports. Siptu official Neil McGowan said the vote concluded a 12-month process involving local negotiations, the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. “The result of this ballot is only a first step towards improving our members’ terms and conditions of employment at the airline,” he said. <br/>
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Aer Lingus ground staff vote to accept 8.5% pay rise
A majority of Aer Lingus ground staff voted Friday to accept a Labour Court recommendation that the airline’s workers get an 8.5% pay rise over 39 months. Trade union Siptu, which represents 1,500 non-craft workers at Aer Lingus, confirmed Friday that they had voted by 53% to 47% to accept the recommendation in a ballot. The group includes staff such as baggage handlers, cleaners, boarding and checking staff, and office workers, in Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports. Siptu official Neil McGowan said the vote concluded a 12-month process involving local negotiations, the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. “The result of this ballot is only a first step towards improving our members’ terms and conditions of employment at the airline,” he said. <br/>
