Yahoo Finance Ryanair strikes: Irish pilots' walkout scrapped after High Court ruling
A planned strike by Ryanair's Irish pilots will not go ahead this week after a ruling from the Dublin High Court was issued this morning.
The Irish court said it would grant Europe's biggest airline an injunction to prevent a 48-hour stoppage beginning on 22 August.
Justice McDonald said he would restrain the union “from directly or indirectly, organising, directing or endorsing their members to participate in a strike on 22 and 23 August 2019”.
Some 180 members of Irish pilots’ union Ialpa voted in favour of industrial action during the busy summer holiday period, but Ryanair sought an injunction against parent union Fórsa through the High Court based on a technicality.
Ryanair’s legal counsel told the High Court that Fórsa hadn’t allowed for the mediation process to be completed before announcing the strike, and claimed the walkout would be in breach of an agreement made between the airline and the union last year.
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