Labour Court recommends acceptance of Dairygold pension offer

In 2003, the Labour Court recommended that craft workers at Dairygold (Galtee Foods) accept the company's final offer to improve their pension arrangements. The recommendation followed a claim by the Amalgamated Engineering And Electrical Union on behalf of 14 craft workers. The union said the existing scheme was inadequate; the company said the craft workers had been offered the chance to join an improved scheme at a 5% contribution rate, but had rejected it. The Court considered the final offer a substantial improvement in line with arrangements for comparable employees and recommended that it be accepted. The recommendation was dated 7 May 2003.