Strike action by 650 craft and general workers employed by the Roadstone company in Dublin and the provinces will go ahead on Monday. Mr John Kane, SIPTU industrial secretary, said this followed an earlier decision to defer the strike pending the intervention of a three-person working group.
The national committee of shop stewards considered, and rejected, its findings yesterday. He said the claim was for the protection of earnings arising from the potential impact of the Working Time Act which will cap overtime at 48 hours a week. The workers had a low basic wage and had a high dependency on overtime working, which by the nature of the employment was almost mandatory.