Unions and management at Dublin Bus have agreed to return to the negotiating table for ‘exploratory’ talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.
The renewed talks are scheduled after a 48-hour long strike on Friday-Saturday, and before further industrial action in the coming week.
NBRU’s General Secretary Dermot O’Leary said: “Whilst the request to attend at talks without preconditions is something the trade unions have long been calling for, the fact is that our members are extremely angry that the inaction to date by the company and the Department of Transport has caused severe disruption to commuters and staff alike.
“The NBRU focus from the commencement of this dispute has been geared towards getting Dublin Bus to attend at discussions in order to address the fact that its own staff are deserving of a fair and adequate wage rise after eight long years of austerity enforced pay stagnation and pay cuts.
“Any decision we have to take in relation to postponing our member’s industrial action is one which we will only consider after first establishing if Dublin Bus are serious about engaging in comprehensive discussions towards a resolution of this dispute on behalf of the 400,000 commuters and 3,500 staff.”