The Communications and Energy Minister says he’s confident common sense will prevail and the ESB strike will not go ahead on Monday week, as threatened by workers.
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Unions and management at the company are still locked in talks with the Labour Relations Commission in a dispute over a 1.6 billion euro hole in the workers’ pension fund.
But Minister Pat Rabbitte says the pension scheme will be fully funded by 2018 – and therefore there’s no need for this strike.
It’s feared power outages may occur across the country from December 16th – if the action goes ahead.
But Minister Rabbitte says the power cuts should be limited.
