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Labour Court recommends £750 for each of 32 lighthouse crew

By Eimear Byrne

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The Labour Court recommended that Commissioners Of Irish Lights pay £750 to each of 32 remaining crew members when its rationalisation programme was fully implemented. The recommendation, following a claim by the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers' Union, was signed on 16 November 1988. The dispute concerned pay for crew on the lighthouse tenders Granuaile and Gray Seal after changes to manning. The Court also recommended that the union continue to co-operate with manning the Gray Seal. The payment was not to be made before January 1991.

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