SIPTU and Unite members employed by Virgin Media Ireland have overwhelmingly voted in favour of taking industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a ballot counted today.
The unions say Virgin Media Ireland tried to impose compulsory redundancies and failed to implement a Labour Court recommendation concerning pay.
"Our members are extremely disappointed that management has failed to engage with their union representatives to resolve this dispute," said SIPTU Organiser, Martin Mannion.
A strike committee will meet next week to decide the nature of the industrial action the workers will undertake and when it will commence.
Virgin Media said it had not received any notification from the unions.
A spokesperson for the company said, "We believe this threat by the unions is totally unwarranted, particularly when none of the recently announced redundancies occurred within the collective bargaining group".
The spokesperson went on to say, "For the record, the redundancy programme has now concluded and has resulted in 40 redundancies which was significantly lower number than the original estimate of 65."
The unions say they remain open to negotiations with management in order to achieve "a just solution".
SIPTU and Unite represent more than 350 members across all grades of staff in Virgin Media Ireland locations across the country. The dispute involves call centre, technical, administration and sales staff.
