Unite and international union body pursue builder over court action against shop stewards
Jones subsidiary HA O’Neill is taking High Court action against trade union Unite and its three shop stewards following a dispute over the restoration of paid travel time to building workers that resulted in a one-day strike in March 2023 at two sites in Dublin.
A preliminary hearing on the complaint is scheduled for next Monday. Unite will be represented by James McCabe, the union’s regional organiser for construction, who filed the complaint along with Ambet Yuson, BWI’s general secretary. They and their families fear the “pending court proceedings, unemployment and unknown financial consequences”, the complaint states.
They want the company to drop the court action, reimburse the workers’ legal costs and restore their shifts and duties. “While we regret Unite’s decision to file a complaint with the OECD, we welcome the opportunity to engage transparently in the process,” a statement said.Unite workers held the one-day strike on March 10th, 2023, at Pfizer in Grange Castle, Dublin, and Intel in Leixlip, Co Kildare, after the failure of talks at the Mechanical Engineering and Building Services Contractors’ Association, Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court.
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