Labour Court recommends talks over Crown Equipment redundancy options

In 2002, the Labour Court recommended that Crown Equipment and the Amalgamated Engineering And Electrical Union discuss options within their existing last-in, first-out redundancy agreement. The recommendation was dated 7 January 2002. Crown Equipment had announced plans to make 25 workers redundant at its Galway plant, applying the existing policy and statutory entitlements. The union sought to negotiate voluntary severance or early retirement. The Court did not recommend changing the policy, but said the parties should complete discussions within two weeks, with possible Labour Relations Commission assistance.