Paul Murphy backs Aer Lingus pilots, demands Labour Court talks
Paul Murphy expressed People Before Profit's support for Aer Lingus pilots who began industrial action, saying they have not had a pay rise since 2019 and their wages have been eroded by at least 24% by the cost of living crisis. He highlighted substantial company profits and executive pay increases and urged both parties to use the Labour Court to resolve the dispute.
Statement of support
Paul Murphy voiced solidarity with the Aer Lingus pilots and framed their action as a response to real wage losses. He said the pilots are seeking to restore their pay to the real-terms level of 2019 after facing years without a pay rise.
Pay and executive increases
He contrasted the pilots' pay stagnation with increases at the top, stating senior executives at Aer Lingus have seen pay increases of 66% since 2019. Murphy characterised the situation as one of corporate greed and profiteering.
Company profits cited
The speech cited company earnings figures, noting Aer Lingus made 225 million euros last year and its parent group IAG made 3.5 billion euros. Murphy used these figures to argue the companies can afford to pay workers a decent wage.
Call for Labour Court resolution
Murphy urged both parties to sit down and use the Labour Court, describing it as the industrial relations machinery of the State with a long history of resolving disputes. He called for the Labour Court to be used to find a resolution to the pilots' dispute.
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I want to express People Before Profit's support and solidarity with the Aer Lingus pilots who have begun their action today. These are workers who have not had a pay rise since 2019 when we have had the cost of living crisis which has seen their wages eroded by at least 24%. They are simply looking for their wages to go back to being in real terms where they were in 2019. It should be noted that in that period of time senior executives at Aer Lingus have seen pay increases of 66%. What Aer Lingus also doesn't like talking about is the enormous profits that are being made in Ireland. Aer Lingus making 225 million euros last year and IAG, the parent group, making an incredible 3.5 billion euros last year. So this is a story of corporate greed, of corporate profiteering. They can afford to pay their workers a decent wage and they should be pressured to do so. As you know Deputy, the industrial relations machinery of the State is the Labour Court. They have a long history of resolving disputes. I would urge both parties to sit down at the table and use the Labour Court to find a resolution to this issue. a whole lot of people. I would also endorse a whole lot of people who they wanted in Ireland and would ask that it is the Labour Court. This is the Labour Court. So we received the Labour Court and the Liberal Force at Homecoming. So we have theours of Parliament nach Farming to the Centre for the Conservative Party. So we have the Liberal Party. We will be at this Centre for the Centre for the Conservative Party, so we have to be together for two things. We have the Liberal Party, so we have the Liberal Party.
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