D-Day is approaching for Dublin Bus. Drivers are being balloted on what's being described as the 'latest and last' version of a cost-cutting plan for the company.
In August - Dublin Bus drivers went on strike for three days after voting down proposals aimed at saving the company somewhere in the region of 12-million euro.
It was the latest in a long line of failed initiatives to try to cut costs - with drivers already rejecting a number of plans in recent years.
An independent review was swiftly carried out, with a new set of proposals addressing many of the concerns which lead to the last plan being rejected.
This 'final draft' is now on the table.
Dublin Bus has backed the plan but neither of the unions involved, Siptu nor the NBRU, have made any recommendation to their members.
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has urged drivers to accept the recommmendations, warning that if another strike happens, it will be very long and very difficult to end - and adding that the future for the company would be very stark if this final effort to resolve the dispute doesn't succeed.
