Following a brief meeting at the Brinks Allied headquarters, SIPTU and management are meeting with the Labour Relations Commission tonight. A statement will be issued after the talks.
Earlier, SIPTU's security branch secretary Kevin McMahon met local union representatives and management at Brinks in an attempt to resolve a dispute which has left over 200 ATM bank machines empty on the east coast.
The dispute at the cash delivery company is over the use of new security vehicles which staff believe will leave them vulnerable to attack.
The vehicles have been introduced by the company to halt the number of attempted robberies of ATM machines. The new vehicles, which are used on the continent, allow cash collections without staff having to leave their vehicles.
SIPTU, which represents security staff involved, has asked its members to remain available for work but not to operate the new vehicles because of safety concerns. In particular it is opposed to new company instructions which advise staff to drive away from a threatened colleague in the event of a robbery.
The union wants the new vehicles and procedures to undergo an independent safety audit.
More than 200 ATM machines, mainly in the greater Dublin were not serviced over the bank holiday weekend as a result of the dispute and are now empty. Customers of the banks involved - AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank - are advised to go to the ATM machines at their local branch which are not affected by the dispute.
