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THE Labour Relations Commis- sion (LRC) is set to put an improved ‘survival plan’ for Shannon before unions this week that is expected to secure the approval of the 550 work- ers at the airport.
The talks between union and man- agement at Shannon continued until 4am on Friday morning, with steady progress made on agreeing a deal.
Negotiations commenced on Wednesday and continued all day through Thursday.
Chief executive of the LRC, Ki- eran Mulvey is expected to present a package to unions possibly as early as today (Tuesday) at Shannon.
The deadline for any progress be- ing made in the current round of talks is this coming Friday, when the first round of lay-offs will commence among the airport’s 90 temporary SENeR
Twenty-three staff are due to lose their jobs in the first round and the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has also told a second group of tem- porary workers that they will lose their jobs next month.
However, the lay-offs and industri- al action promised if they go ahead, will be diverted if the LRC — as ex- pected — produces a deal that 1s ac- ceptable to both unions and manage- ment.
Executive Chairman, Pat Shana-
han and Airport Director, Martin Moroney along with Head of Hu- man Resources (HR) at the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Damien Lenagh headed up the talks on be- half of management, while Pat Fit- zgerald and Tony Carroll represented SOF A source close to the talks told