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Aer Lingus workers vote in favour of strikes

Aer Lingus staff have voted to strike. Workers at the Irish airline voted in favour of industrial action over cost cutting plans. If the strikes go ahead there is likely to be disruption for passengers over the Christmas period.

Bosses at Aer Lingus want to introduce a €74m cost cutting package. This includes reducing staffing costs by €40m, according to reports in The Telegraph.

Members of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) voted 80 per cent in favour of industrial action if bosses at the Irish carrier follow through with their plan to cut over 1,000 jobs.

The workers involved in the dispute stress that they are open to talks to resolve the situation and avoid disruption for travellers.

"We will now be serving notice of industrial action immediately. We call on management to avert mass disruption to the travelling public by entering into talks with us now," said SIPTU's national industrial secretary Gerry McCormack.

Aer Lingus has proposed outsourcing ground operations as well as shutting cabin crew bases in Shannon and Heathrow. There are also plans to use US crews on some of the airline's transatlantic routes.

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