Labour Court recommends union accept Douwe Egberts staffing proposal

The Labour Court recommended that the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union accept Douwe Egberts Limited’s proposal to reduce staffing in its tobacco loft from three workers to two. The recommendation was signed on 13 March 1987. Douwe Egberts offered to upgrade the affected workers to group 2, increasing weekly pay from £180.41 to £190.34, and said displaced workers would be relocated without redundancies. The union disputed the study’s workload assumptions and argued the proposed staffing level was impracticable. The Court also recommended monitoring the new operation and agreeing any improvements in work methods.