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Mon 07 Jul 2009Electricians suspend strike after pay rise proposed
THOUSANDS OF electricians go back to work today after a week-long strike, as they await the decision of employers’ bodies on whether to accept a Labour Court recommendation that they receive a €1.05 an hour (4.9 per cent) pay increase.
Hundreds of construction sites will re-open, including the new Lansdowne Road stadium and the new terminal development at Dublin airport and the multi-storey private hospital building at St Vincent’s in Dublin.
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