SIPTU members vote for strike at Independent
SIPTU members at Independent Newspapers have voted in favour of industrial action over the company’s plan to shed 205 jobs as part of restructuring programme.
SIPTU said the company was describing the plan as a voluntary redundancy scheme, but was telling the workers they would be sacked if they did not accept the packages on offer.
It said the vote in favour of industrial action was also prompted by Independent Newspapers’ failure to honour collective agreements and the Sustaining Progress deal.
The union said it would serve strike notice on the company once industrial action had been sanctioned by its national executive council.
