Work 'comes to a stop' at Tara Mines as talks show little progress.
It is understood employees at Tara Mines have ceased working, after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission ended without agreement on Wednesday.and lay off 650 workers next week.
Its owner, Boliden Group, said this was due to a combination of factors - including rising energy bills and a drop in the price of zinc.The move comes as the Irish Congress of Trade Unions will debate an emergency motion calling for an immediate and major intervention by the Government to protect the future of Tara Mines at its Biennial Delegate Conference."I think that that sense of anger, in terms of how the issue has been managed by management to date, has boiled over," he said.
"Boliden, the owners of Tara Mines, has yet to present to unions with a satisfactory outline of what it envisages providing its employees in terms of a retainer and other payments in the event of a lay off," he said. "This is a completely unacceptable situation and does not bode well in terms of where this dispute is heading," he added.More than 85 million tonnes of ore have been extracted there since mining began in 1977.Main image: File photo of Tara Mines in Navan, Co Meath in 2001. Picture by: RollingNews.ie
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