Strike tomorrow

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SIPTU employees at Bausch and Lomb to strike tomorrow (RTE.ie)

Members of SIPTU employed at Bausch and Lomb in Waterford will hold a two-hour strike tomorrow as part of a pay dispute.

SIPTU represents more than 1,000 workers at the Bausch and Lomb plant which produces contact lenses and other pharmaceutical products, as well as providing research and development and surgical support facilities. The union says pickets will be placed at the entrances to the plant in what will be the first in a series of work stoppages. Members of SIPTU employed at Bausch and Lomb in Waterford will hold a two-hour strike tomorrow as part of a pay dispute.

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SIPTU members at Bausch and Lomb plant in Waterford to strike ... (Irish Examiner)

The union said that tomorrow's strike will be the beginning of a campaign of industrial action involving a series of two-hour strikes.

We have yet to see an offer from the company that lives up to this commitment," he added. These workers need to achieve a pay increase that protects their standard of living and purchasing power. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Neil McGowan, said: “There have been intensive negotiations involving SIPTU representatives and management at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in recent days.

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