The Labour Court's recommendation, signed on 2 February 1987, said Cantrell and Cochrane (Dublin) Limited and Cantrell and Cochrane (Munster) Limited should apply a Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase to expenses for about 12 sales representatives. The Court did not recommend conceding the Marine Port and General Workers' Union's separate pay parity claim. The union argued the representatives' work was comparable to Showerings' salesforce and expenses should rise with the index. The companies cited trading pressures and differences between their markets.