Trade union Unite has accused the State of failing to provide an acceptable pay agreement for public sector workers – and is planning to ballot its public sector members on strike action.
SIPTU members in health, local authorities, education, and semi-state sectors are also set to begin balloting for industrial action on August 29th – if new pay talks with the government fail.
Negotiations between union and government officials broke down back in June.
Unite’s Regional Coordinating Officer, Tom Fitzgerald, says there’s a great sense of solidarity between unions at the moment as inflation rates and the cost of living spiral:
