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Luas Strike Still Going Ahead

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Luas Strike Still Going Ahead

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02:08 22 Jan 2016


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Talks to try and avert next month's Luas strike have ended without a resolution at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Unions and management spent three hours locked in negotiations to try and find an end to the pay row at the company.

Workers are looking for a pay increase of up to 53 percent, bringing drivers in line with their counterparts at Irish Rail.

SIPTU's Willie Noone says the strike is still going ahead:

"We've made no progress whatsoever. In actual fact, we believe we've made a retrograde step because what was on the table from the company previously was actually withdrawn this morning so to us and to our members it shows that the company were not in any way in the frame of mind of trying to resolve this today".

Transdev Managing Director Gerry Madden:

"This morning, we talked about the expectation that SIPTU would make a substantial reduction in their claim, that hasn't happened".

It's not known if both sides will be called back into the WRC ahead of the first 2 day strike on February 11th.

 


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