University College Cork said it would seek injunction over campus pickets

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University College Cork said it would apply to the High Court for an injunction to prevent Tyndall National Institute staff belonging to SIPTU and IFUT from picketing its main campus. RTÉ News reported the announcement on 1 May 2015. The report said workers had threatened pickets at six campus entrances on 13 May if the pay dispute remained unresolved.

UCC said its 4pm deadline to withdraw the threat had passed. It cited potential disruption to examinations and said an independent appeals officer agreed by all parties was available to staff dissatisfied with the job evaluation exercise. In those circumstances, UCC said it could not accept any justification for industrial action during the examination period.

The striking workers said they faced a 10% to 20% pay gap with staff doing the same or similar work on the main campus. They wanted a more robust appeals process for the job evaluation exercise conducted by external consultants. They said two further days of work stoppages would follow if the matter was not addressed. The unions assured students that examinations would not be affected.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.