FAI cuts 'temporary'

THE FAI have told staff the latest pay cut being implemented at the organisation will be temporary after all with the organisation’s board intervening to restore the clause which had been deleted as tensions between management and staff mounted in recent weeks.

As representatives of the association and SIPTU met at the Labour Relations Commission both sides acknowledged between 80 and 90 per cent of staff had signed up to the latest cuts package, which includes a 10 per cent salary reduction.

Union representatives have been calling for talks between the two sides aimed at finding alternative ways of making the savings involved, arguing that having taken two pay cuts already the staff cannot afford another.

The association has insisted on pressing ahead with the latest round of pay cuts as well as with a number of redundancies and a suspension of pension contributions. Neither side would comment on yesterday’s meeting.