The Labour Court recommended that Mccann's Bakery Limited and The Bakery And Food Workers Amalgamated Union agree to implement the first phase of the National Plan from 1 January 1989 and review the second phase when it fell due on 1 April. The union sought a wage increase under the Programme for National Recovery, while the company pointed to accumulated losses exceeding £160,000 and estimated that full implementation over three years could cost more than £50,000. The recommendation was signed on 7 February 1989.