Please, not again! Dublin Bus will vote on strike action next week

So we all recall the hassle and drama that ensued when Dublin Bus went on strike last year. 

The city was in chaos as people struggled to get to work and after an extended period of regular strikes, the bus drivers came to an agreement over pay. 

Now that possibility looms over Dublin commuters once again, as Dublin Bus workers will be balloted for industrial action as they believe that there has been a breach of their pay agreement.

NBRU to ballot for strike action at Dublin Bus over breach of pay agreement made last September@NBRU_DUBLIN @dublinbusnews

— Stephen McDermott (@McDermste) February 10, 2017

The National Bus and Rail Union said that option to make pay increases pensionable was meant to come into effect from the 1 February, an option that was promised by Dublin Bus and approved by the Workplace Relations Commission, according to the Journal. 

Now Dublin Bus is seeking a month long extension to this, so workers represented by the NBRU could vote to go on strike.

The ballot will take place on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February at all Dublin Bus depots so workers can vote whether or not to pursue industrial action. 

NBRU will resist Bus Éireann's "Irish Ferries" style attack on workers reasonable terms & conditions of employment https://t.co/Tui6B81aod pic.twitter.com/IophU2lgRX

— NBRU (@NBRU_DUBLIN) February 10, 2017

Bus Eireann is also due to strike in two weeks time over pay cuts.

Irish Rail and Dublin Bus members represented by SIPTU have indicated that they will strike in solidarity with Bus Eireann.

“There is a strong commitment by SIPTU members across these companies to display solidarity with workers in Bus Éireann, whose conditions of employment are currently under vicious attack," said SIPTU sector organiser, Willie Noone.