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10 Oct 2019
Moneypoint staff accept new regime PÁRAIC McMAHON
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new lower running regime at Moneypoint has been accepted by staff at the West Clare plant. ESB confirmed to The Clare Echo that staff accepted a proposal by way of ballot on Friday “relating to a reconfigured Moneypoint station based on the new lower running regime”. Negotiations between ESB, Moneypoint staff and Trade Union representatives had been ongoing for the past few months.
“This is a positive step in retaining an ongoing operation in Moneypoint for ESB, the staff of Moneypoint and the region. ESB is now working with staff and their representatives to implement the agreement in a collaborative way to face the challenges ahead,” a spokesperson for ESB told The Clare Echo. In July it was announced that over 100 jobs were to go from the workforce of 194 at Moneypoint with ESB citing market pressures, carbon prices and increases in renewable energy for the drop in demand for it’s resources. Meanwhile, there was surprise this week when Clare was not included in the €31m Just Transition Fund which was set up to aid areas where jobs had been lost to climate change.