So when I said, regarding striking season, that we need[ed] a postal strike to make it official, I was joking, ok? (even the student nurses are getting involved)

strike season continues. Now we need a postal strike to make it official.

ESB network technicians to strike
Irish Ferries Workers to strike

Bizarrely, common sense appears to have prevailed. Who'd've thunk? Now I want to know how, if a majority of the drivers voted against action, this ended up in the labour court in the first place?

I finally found a newspaper article which explained, more or less, why the current dispute occurred. In essence: the union promised some things to management in exchange for some extra pay. One of the things promised was a cut in overtime. As soon as the extra pay had been handed over/agreed upon/whatever, the union reneged on its side of the deal ( Read more... )