NBRU postpone Industrial Action for Friday 15^th & Saturday 16^th May

General Secretary Dermot O’Leary said:

“We went into these set of discussions with a clear focus on what was required to address the concerns of our members as part of the original agreed inter-locked agenda; those concerns included the security of employment in both companies and the future in terms of seeing beyond 2019.

The proposals include a commitment from the employer, supported by the department that any legacy costs which may arise from the tendering process will not be borne by the employees, this commitment along with commitments on current terms / conditions and no compulsory transfer of staff will be incorporated into a Registered Employment Agreement (REA).

Both companies growth strategy will be supported by Government, there is also a commitment to immediately establish a process to deal with our concerns with the legislation covering future contract awards, this will help to underpin the Ministers commitment to having a strong Dublin Bus and Bus  Éireann into the future”.

Mr O’Leary went on to say:

“a Social Clause type arrangement with agreed employment standards under a Sectorial Employment Order (SEO) will form part of any new public transport service contract; the NTA will apply a performance regime which will have the power to enforce penalties, inclusive of the ultimate sanction of contract cessation: we were also given assurances that labour costs will not necessarily be the dominant factor in the criteria process”.

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