THE COURT decision to stop SIPTU workers from taking strike action has been described as “a vicious attack on workers right to strike”.
But the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar said: “I welcome the High Court ruling which should allow the State airports to operate normal services this Friday. I have said on a number of occasions that the strike should have been deferred given that the Expert Panel is currently engaging with all parties involved in the dispute.”
Commenting on the decision, Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy said: “This decision is a vicious attack on the right of workers to strike in defence of their pay and conditions. The fact the High Court has even heard this case is an affront to all trade unionists.
“The right to strike is inviolate in my view and any interference by politicians and judges in the exercising of that right is oppressive and should opposed. Surely, a government containing the Labour Party will not sit over an attack on the fundamental rights of workers to strike?”
