FSU calls on rural TDs to protect workers and local businesses

AIB decision to force thousands of employees into their cars and travel to an office in Dublin makes no sense says FSU

The Financial Services Union (FSU)  have written to all TDs outside the Dublin region calling on them to demand AIB pauses any implementation of their new hybrid work policy change.

AIB have recently mandated their employees to return to the office three days a week. This announcement was made without prior consultation with staff or their trade union, the Financial Services Union.

Commenting on the action, John O’Connell, General Secretary of the FSU said: 

“AIB have changed their existing workplace practices on the use of branches and local hubs as a base for staff to use.

In essence AIB are taking thousands of people out of the countryside and making them commute to an already overcrowded Dublin three times a week.

Some staff will have to choose between a five-hour daily commute or to staying overnight in Dublin. This is unacceptable behavior from a bank that champions sustainability.

Staff morale is plummeting and the continued silence from AIB senior management is causing real annoyance and frustration for staff.

Not allowing employees to use local hubs and branches across the country as a local base makes no sense and makes a mockery out of the bank’s claims on sustainability and their so-called green agenda.

It will adversely affect small rural businesses that rely on local people spending their money locally.  

We are asking rural TDs in particular to support their local businesses and local people by contacting AIB and demanding they pause any implementation of this policy change and consult with its staff and negotiate any change with the FSU.”

ENDS