Luas Strike Dates Announced

[Jamie2k9]

One interesting point is Transdev have not been fined, the 10 million euro bond is untouched.

Transdev don't get paid for day where the service isn't provided thats about 100,000 euro/day.

TII/NTA have two nuclear options
1. Call in the 10 million bond
2. Terminate and step in


SIPTU really want the terminate and step in as it gets Transdev out of the way and then its the state cheque book.

We know the NTA/TII won't do either option, it would be counter productive and costly if they did. We could manage with no Luas service pretty well over the summer months if it comes to that and SUPTU know that. The Dail on holidays would also help. DB etc all cut schedules so they have capacity if needed.

The disagreement between SIPTU and Shop Stuart last night is interesting and the union have said today they would support drivers but you get the impression it's something they really don't want.

Bet an all out ballot may not get 100% backing at all by some drivers.