An all-out indefinite strike at Bus Éireann that would have affected 110,000 passengers a day from Monday has been deferred after the company pledged that “funds will be available” for a voluntary severance scheme and it will negotiate with unions on a pay rise.
But the company insisted that Transport Minister Shane Ross had not “opened his chequebook” to bail out the commercial semi-State firm that faces the threat of insolvency in two months. A spokesperson said the funding for any future scheme will be provided by the CIÉ Group.
Unions suspended industrial action and management agreed to hold off on imposing cuts from…
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