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A TOTAL of 46 jobs in ground op- erations are to go at Shannon.
Meanwhile workers faced with re- dundancy at one of the handling com- panies have been told that if compul- sory redundancy is necessary, those with the best skills and performance will be kept while people who have been late or absent may go regardless of seniority of service.
Servisair workers are currently vot- ing on whether to accept a proposal from management that there will be 20 full-time voluntary redundancies at the company, which looks after
baggage handling and other ground operations for many of the airlines using Shannon.
A SIPTU representative said that the union is not making any com- ment on the matter at the present as the ballot is on-going. There are cur- rently 65 people employed by Serv1- sair, 40 of them full-time.
In a letter to the union last week, Servisair management outlined it’s proposals, which include a redun- dancy package of statutory plus two weeks per year of service, with the weekly calculation capped at €600.
The company has said that if it does not get enough volunteers, it will ap-
ply a “matrix” selection process, which is not the tradition ‘first in first out’ redundancy process.
A spokesman for the company said this would be based on factors in- cluding workers’ “level of training, their skills, attendance record and any disciplinary matters.”
Sources in the company have de- scribed the process as too objective and a “carte blanche” for the com- pany.
Citing the “dramatic downturn in business at Shannon” as the reason for the cuts, Servisair management said its preferred option “is to secure as many positions in both the short
term and the long term and to mini- mise any redundancies.”
If agreement is not achieved on the proposal by October 26, all staff will be put on short time, the letter WEN @ Ole b
Meanwhile, Shannon Airport suf- fered yet another jobs blow with the news of 26 lay-offs at Sky Handling lantoe
The company says it has been forced into the decision because of a decline in air traffic at the facility. The company provides ground and cargo handling services and employs around 350 people in Shannon and DTV) ere