CD/24/321 | RECOMMENDATION NO. LCR23157 |
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTS 1946 TO 2015
SECTION 20(1) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1969
PARTIES:
PEPSICO
(REPRESENTED BY IBEC)
AND
7 MULTI SKILLED TECHNICIANS
(REPRESENTED BY CONNECT)
DIVISION:
| Chairman: | Mr Haugh |
| Employer Member: | Mr Marie |
| Worker Member: | Ms Treacy |
SUBJECT:
Section 20 (1) Referral under Industrial Relations Act 1969
BACKGROUND:
The Union referred this case to the Labour Court on 19 November 2024 in accordance with Section 20 (1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969, and agreed to be bound by the Court’s Recommendation.
A Labour Court hearing took place on 9 June 2025.
RECOMMENDATION:
This matter came before the Court pursuant to section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1969. It is a claim by Connect Trade Union (‘the Union’) for recognition to represent its members employed by PepsiCo in Carrigaline (‘the Company’) as Manufacturing Support Technicians, collectively on pay and all other terms and conditions of employment.
There was no appearance by or on behalf of the Company at the hearing into the dispute in Cork on 9 June 2025.
Recommendation
The Court recommends that the Company should recognise the Union as the chosen representative of those employees who join the Union for all industrial relations purposes.
The Court further recommends that the parties should enter into negotiations with a view to concluding a collective agreement dealing with, amongst other things, the procedural arrangements within which the normal industrial relations business will be conducted between them.
The Court so recommends.
 | Signed on behalf of the Labour Court |
| |
| Alan Haugh |
| CC | ______________________ |
| 26 June 2025 | Deputy Chairman |
NOTE
Enquiries concerning this Decision should be addressed to Ms Ceola Cronin, Court Secretary.