Galway driver testers to strike
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway driver testers are to go on strike tomorrow afternoon as part of a national work stoppage.
The strike emanates from a row over the hiring of new contractors by the Road Safety Authority.
Trade union IMPACT says the move is in direct contravention of a Labour court ruling which recommended the recruitment of a reserve body of testers to avoid a backlog in test applications.
There are three testers based in the city, one in Loughrea and one in Tuam, while additional resources are also drafted in to cope with peak demand periods.
The 100 hundred testers nationwide are to withdraw services from 2 to 5:15 tomorrow afternoon.
Assistant General Secretary Denis Rohan says that they have no choice but to strike.