Public sector faces widespread strikes if new pay deal not agreed
Public sector workers in Ireland, represented by unions like Siptu, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action due to the government's failure to negotiate a new pay deal. The previous agreement expired in June, leading to significant frustration among frontline workers regarding cost-of-living pressures.
Why it matters
Widespread industrial action in the public sector could disrupt essential health, education, and emergency services across Ireland.
The public sector faces widespread strikes if progress is not made on a new national pay deal following the result of a ballot on Monday.
Siptu , the country’s second largest organiser of public sector workers with about 75,000 members, said 97 per cent of those who participated in a ballot voted in support of strike action.
Members of Unite and the Prison Officers Association have already voted to take industrial action in the absence of a deal.
“This clear and decisive result reflects the deep and utter frustration among our members at the Government’s failure to present workers’ representatives with serious proposals on pay or provide guarantees against outsourcing,” said Siptu deputy general secretary Adrian Kane.
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