Labour Court rejects union claim for extra folding-machine rate at Smurfit Web Press

The Labour Court did not recommend a claim by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union for an additional rate for workers operating a folding machine at Smurfit Web Press. The machine had been transferred from another company in the Smurfit group. The Court said the machine was neither new nor amended and that a similar machine already operated at a specific rate. It also noted that granting the claim would mean different rates for the same machinery within the company. The recommendation was signed on 20 March 2003.