Airports face closure on April 2

The three state airports of Dublin, Shannon and cork face closure on Thursday next after union Siptu served strike notice today. The Dublin Airport Authority said this evening that the union had served the mandatory 7 days notice citing non payment of wage increases negotiated under the national wage agreement last autumn.

Earlier this week a national strike which was to have taken place next Monday was called off when the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) called the unions to meet for new discussions on a new social partnership deal.

The terms of today's strike notice are identical to those of the national day of strike which was called off.

The DAA has written to Siptu saying that terms relating to a national pay agreement should be dealt with in the framework of a social partnership deal while increments outside of the framework should be dealt with under the umbrella of the Labour Relations Commission.