SIPTU MEMBERS AT the Tyndall National Institute, which is part of University College Cork, undertook industrial action again today.
They announced yesterday that they would undertake two one-day work stoppages today and next Wednesday, 26 February, as part of an “intensification” of their campaign of industrial action.
The dispute is over pay inequality, and SIPTU Organiser, Bill Mulcahy, said that next week the staff will place pickets on all the entrances to the Tyndall Institute and the UCC main campus from 7am to 6pm.
Previously, they had only picketed the Tyndall Institute itself.
They say they are striking over a pay inequity between a large number of Tyndall employees and their counterparts doing the same or similar work on UCC main campus.
The union says that the difference in pay is of the order of 10 per cent to 20 per cent.
SIPTU represents over 70 workers at the research facility, including researchers, engineers, administration, technical and IT staff.
SIPTU told TheJournal.ie that the union is available for talks with the institute.
“We would be calling on the Department of Education and local officials from Tyndall and UCC to talk seriously to us about addressing the pay gap in a meaningful way,” said a SIPTU spokesperson.
(Trade Union TV Ireland/YouTube)
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