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SIPTU WORKERS AT more than a dozen Roadstone Woods Ltd facilities and quarries have begun strike action.
The industrial action began at midday today, and follows “major cuts to workers’ wages”.
Talks on the issue broke down over the weekend.
“Over the last number of months both SIPTU and the TEEU have engaged in negotiations with the management of Roadstone Woods Ltd in relation to cost reductions,” Siptu organiser Davy Lane said in a statement this evening.
He claimed that reductions to the payroll cost will be €10 million over the next five years, on top of €6 million in cuts in 2012.
“The Board of Cement Roadstone Holdings [CRH] are setting cost reduction targets for its companies, which are inflicting financial hardship on workers, while at the same time the company’s directors are accumulating massive bonuses as was reported at its AGM earlier this year,” Lane added.
CRH declined to comment at this time.
Meanwhile, the same union has requested a meeting Covidien management after the medical device manufacturer agreed to be acquired by Medtronic earlier today, citing concerns over the implications the move will have on workers.
All sides need to dig deep, lay some foundations for talk and pave the way forward.
YES!!^
There needs to be a concrete proposal on the table and all agreements set in stone thereafter!
Of quartz, that goes without saying :).
Glad ye are taking such joy and amusement out of the suffering of others.sound bunch of lads ye are
Would you relax, its only a bit of banter. Is anything we say here going to affect the talks in any way? No. I wish the union and staff the best of luck with the talks.
Paul….that’s dumb….can you not see what is happening here?
@neeneee I take it all back. I hope I’ve cemented my place in back in your good books….
Little school boy go home….
Go ahead Seamus, what’s happening here?
I’ll tell you what’s happening, employees just got their heads out of the sand. Just before they mixed in the cement!
Joking aside I wish the best for these people
Is this company that when those in limerick cement went on strike cry closed down the site… Hope unions have advised the employees well otherwise the employees will have hardship while union leaders are drawing their 100k salaries
During the good times road stone went around buying up every company breathing…. A lot of them went bust and put this company in a bind…..now they want the workers to suffer for a very poor management?
The workers seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place…..
Private sector greed is kicking in again so we are back to screw the employee and next it will be screw the customer
Disgusting company
Economic progress?
1. The Celtic tiger cost workers their moral right to strike
2. The recession put employees in their “rightful”place. I.e. thankful to still have a job
3. Our government wholeheartedly serve neither employer or employee but exclusively their own interests.
4. The trade union movement worship at the altar of greed and follow the Ahern/haughey gospel religiously
Was 1913 last year or last century?
Think of all the sub contractor also out of work
SIPTU Workers better have their mandate set in stone.
Gotta ❤️ Roadstone wood!
Think about all the sub contractor out of work also -thousands-
Economic and social progress 21st century style
1. The Celtic tiger cost workers their moral right to strike
2. The recession put employees in their “rightful”place. I.e. thankful to still have a job
3. Our government wholeheartedly serve neither employer or employee but exclusively their own interests.
4. The trade union movement worship at the altar of greed and follow the Ahern/haughey gospel religiously
Was 1913 last year or last century?
Stone cold bosses hammer workers into the ground!
They should be dam glad to be getting a weeks wages. Mind your job as mammy says!!!!!!!
Burn the plants to the ground
With the promise of a repeat performance once they rebuild
Eh no?
Well if Siptu have anything to do with it, it’s guaranteed to be a failure. Useless idiots.
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