Mr David Franks Chief Executive Officer Iarnród Éireann Connolly Station Dublin 1 21st July 2014 Re: Unilateral Implementation of non-agreed Cost Containment Measures Dear Sir, I refer to the above and your correspondence of the 18th July outlining your intention to reduce our members’ wages without agreement. I also note that you have directly written […]
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NTA agree to talks after NBRU pressure
Notice to Members Planned protest march for Wednesday July 23rd The National Bus & Rail Union has been engaged in an intensive campaign since May in an attempt to reverse the Fine Gael/Labour decision to privatise 440 bus jobs. All communication from this, and other concerned parties, to the NTA and the Fine Gael and […]
Irish Times article on Industrial unrest at Irish Rail
Disruption to rail services likely after Iarnród … Jul 19 2014 MARTIN WALL Industry Correspondent @pressreader NBRU will not allow workers to subsidise Public Transport with cuts in their wages.
Press Release: National Bus and Rail Union invited to talks at the LRC: Pressure from anti-privatisation campaign results in the NTA sitting down to talk
The NBRU today announced that the protest march planned for Wednesday 23rd July has been postponed. General Secretary Dermot O’Leary said: “we have received a request from the Labour Relations Commission to attend at exploratory discussions on Wed 23rd July on the issue of privatisation of bus routes, to-date the National Transport Authority has ignored […]
National Bus & Rail Union receive invitation to attend the LRC as their Anti-Privatisation campaign pressure mounts.
NOTICE to MEMBERS Re: Protest March 23rd July 2014 Members are advised that the Labour Relations Commission has requested that we would attend at exploratory discussions on Wednesday 23rd July with regard to the Governments policy to Privatise 10% of Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann Bus Routes. Members will be aware that one of the […]
NBRU's response to Irish Rails threat to cut workers terms and conditions without agreement
NBRU Statement to CEO David Franks at Top Participation Group Re: Cost Containment Implementation The NBRU membership has consistently rejected the proposals, no matter their hue, over three ballots. Those rejections were as high as 92% and no lower than 75%. The last round of discussions were prefaced by you as being intensive. We in […]
Irish Times article on July 23rd protest march by bus workers
Bus workers are to stage a 90-minute work stoppage next Wednesday against plans by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to put out to tender up to 10 per cent of the routes currently operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. During the work stoppage bus workers will stage a protest march which will commence at […]
Notice to members over Bus march on July 23rd
15th July 2014 Notice to members Campaign against privatisation of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann A protest march has been organised for Wednesday 23rd July 2014 at 11 am. Bus Workers at Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann say they are organising the protest as part of the campaign which has already seen a series of […]
Letter to Phil Donohue over July 23rd march.
Mr Phil Donohue Head of Human Resources & Development Dublin Bus O’Connell Street Dublin 1 14th July 2014 Re: Protest March against Privatisation of Bus Routes Dear Sir, I refer to your correspondence with regard to the above received by my office on the 9th of July last. Your concern with regard to both the […]
Letter To Pascal Donohue over threat to bus jobs
Mr Pascal Donohue Minister for Transport Transport House Kildare Street Dublin 1 14th July 2014 Re: Privatisation of Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann Routes. Dear Minister, The NBRU wishes to extend its congratulations on your recent promotion to full Ministerial office. You will undoubtedly have been advised on the above issue as part of the […]
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