Trade unions will watch developments carefully but it’s unclear as yet whether the pay increase proposal for pilots will spark knock-on claims
Under the Labour Court recommendation, pilots would receive increases of 17.75 per cent running until July 2026. Photograph: Fintan Clarke
He said the agreement contained a provision to allow Siptu to go back to the table should another group in the company receive a higher-percentage award without any offsetting measures.Under the Labour Court recommendation, pilots would receive increases of 17.75 per cent running until July 2026. Philips said if pilots accepted the proposals, the group of unions at Aer Lingus, which also include Fórsa and Connect, would meet and decide on what to do next.
The timing of the proposed settlement to the pilots’ dispute could help avert any immediate action by groups looking for similar arrangements. One figure in the industrial relations world who has long experience of the aviation sector said “the arc of post-Covid settlements” in that area was drawing to a close, with pilots being virtually the final group outstanding.
“The post-Covid industrial relations may be at a point where things are beginning to settle. But on the other hand things can become unsettled very quickly and it would be foolish to assume all will be well in the longer terms,” said one source. Prof O’Doherty says there are large industries in the private sector where any dispute could be high profile and damaging, such as the technology or pharmaceutical sectors. However, he says, in these sectors the workers do not tend to be unionised.
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