Over 10,000 electricians across the country are staging a strike today in a dispute over pay.Electricians are looking for an 11.3% increase which they say is overdue. Employers say their claim is unrealistic in the current economic climate and want a 10% pay cut from the electricians.
Meanwhile, a picket by the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union has been placed at the Moneypoint ESB Station, near Kilrush. RTE reports that a number of workers at the plant did not pass the picket this morning but it is not clear how many. A spokesperson for Eirgrid said there was no threat to electricity supply but that the situation continues to be monitored by them and the ESB. Meanwhile, The Clare Herald has learned that electricians working on the new pre-clearance facility at Shannon Airport have also launched a protest.
Today's action, which does not affect electricity supply, follows the collapse of talks at the Labour Relations Commission over the weekend.
