Trade unions at RTÉ are warning they'll ballot members for industrial action if it tries to force pay cuts and mandatory redundancies on staff.
The National Union of Journalists says the State broadcaster faces "the full wrath of the trade union movement" if cuts are imposed by management.
Staff representatives are being consulted about a three-year plan to slash €60m at RTÉ, which was announced this week.
Graham Macken, industrial official with SIPTU, says striking remains an option:
"There's a lot of negotiations and discussions to take place between now and then but to be very, very clear we have stated that in the event that RTÉ attempt to impose pay cuts, that we certainly at this point can't rule out a ballot for industrial action. Now to be fair, that's not our preferred option but we need to reassure our members that it absolutely hasn't been taken off the table."
