A fire at their plant last week left a 41 year old man on life support
SIPTU is demanding an urgent meeting with Styrker following a fire at one of its plants in Cork.
A building at the pharmaceutical plant was evacuated after the alarm was raised at half nine this morning.
No injuries have been reported but fire crews remain at the scene in Carrigtwohill.
Today's fire comes a week after an explosion which left a 41-year-old man on life support.
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Neil McGowan, commented: “This latest incident at the Tullagreen plant further highlights the requirement for a full safety audit of the Stryker facilities.
"It follows on from an incident last week in which two men were injured, one critically, at the nearby Stryker plant in Anngrove.
“Our members are seriously concerned about their safety and want to see immediate action taken by the employer and the Health and Safety Authority to ensure the company’s obligations to provide a safe working environment are being fully met.
“The Tánaiste, Micheál Martin, has called on the company to meet with SIPTU representatives. We are again calling for local and senior management, including the Global Head of Environment, Health and Safety at Stryker, to meet with union representatives as a matter of urgency.”
“There are three Labour Court recommendations stating the company should engage with SIPTU on these sites and it is no longer tenable for it to continue to refuse to deal with the chosen representatives of its staff.”
SIPTU Manufacturing Division Organiser, Greg Ennis, said: “We have previously written to senior management, initially in June 2019, about health and safety concerns expressed by workers at the Stryker sites in Carrigtwohill.
“Regrettably, Stryker management in Carrigtwohill have refused to even recognise our correspondence, let alone respond to it positively.
"This is in contrast to our positive relationship with Stryker management at their plants in Limerick and Mallow, county Cork,” he said.
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