Union: AIB staff must get flotation payout

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Larry Broderick, the general secretary of the Financial Services Union

Staff at AIB should be incentivised as part of plans to return the state-controlled bank to the stock market, according to the head of the union representing the majority of its staff.

Larry Broderick, the general secretary of the Financial Services Union, said the contribution of staff to restoring the bank to profitability needed to be recognised.

“Our agenda is very clear. We’ve turned the bank around. We’ve managed it with the bank. ...