Labour Court declines transport claim for eight Smurfit Web Press workers

In 1998, the Labour Court recommended that Smurfit Web Press Limited not concede the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s claim for transport for eight Bindery Department workers moved to early and late shifts. The union said public transport was unavailable before the 6am early shift and that workers faced travel costs and potential danger. The company said transport had been discretionary and it could not afford to provide it as a condition of employment. The recommendation was dated 8 May 1998.