Shannon Airport team belonging to SIPTU are to ballot for strike motion after the Shannon Team, which operates the airport, confirmed it was continuing with a 20% pay back cut.

SIPTU says it signifies all around 180 of the 245 staff members at the airport, 50 percent of whom have now had their doing the job hrs reduce due to the coronavirus-similar collapse in aviation website traffic.

Shannon Group notes that the airport has been notably badly affected with passenger numbers falling by 96% involving April and June.

Aer Lingus has laid off all Shannon-primarily based workers, and although some Ryanair expert services resumed in June, site visitors through the airport is however down 87% on past 12 months.

Aer Lingus declined to comment on reports in the Irish Occasions that it was also contemplating transferring two long-haul planes utilised for transatlantic and Heathrow routes from Shannon to regional bases in the Uk for 2021. 

If the Aer Lingus aircraft have been transferred to the British isles, it could go away Shannon with just one United States company up coming 12 months operated by American Airlines – as Delta and United Airways have currently ruled out resuming Shannon flights future calendar year.

“Unfortunately each individual time we converse with each individual other the disaster in the small business seems to be having deeper. This is the context for the momentary pay back reductions communicated to suitable team not too long ago,” Shannon Team Human Means Director, Chris O’Donovan mentioned in a letter to the Trade Union Group these days.

He famous that the closing date for purposes for the voluntary redundancy scheme handed very last Friday, including that the firm is now examining individuals programs.

He instructed the union group that it would be useful to have interaction as quickly as attainable to see what further more price savings can be acquired by voluntary departures beneath that scheme.

Responding to a stick to-up union email inquiring regardless of whether the proposed 20% pay back cut would be postponed, Mr. O’Donovan said: “SAA is not suspending the implementation of the short-term pay back reduction.”

SIPTU Aviation Sector Organiser Neil McGowan explained the union experienced been regular in telling Shannon Airport management  that it would not acknowledge any reduction in the hourly charge of pay. 

He claimed it was exceptionally regrettable that management experienced refused to improve class on the motion. 

Mr McGowan explained SIPTU was decided to acquire all ways to guard its members’ passions at Shannon Airport, and to assure that good quality work remained the norm. 

The ballot is expected to just take a range of weeks. 

Shannon Group has joined with other aviation organizations in contacting for the rapid implementation of the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery, which integrated a phone for a stimulus bundle regional airports to really encourage the rebuilding of targeted visitors.