IMPACT back proposal

IMPACT trade union members at Aer Lingus have backed the proposal that their colleagues in SIPTU signed up to last week. Whilst the motion to effectively allow Aer Lingus to buy out existing contracts with cabin crew in favour of reduced terms of employment has been approved the result is not a landslide with 59% in favour and 41% against. The airline's CEO Dermot Mannion said that the decision would keep the Shannon base open and allow the airline to "look at opportunities for short haul growth from Shannon."