Unions consider new strike after public sector pay talks adjourned without deal
Public sector pay talks in Ireland have reached an impasse, leading unions to consider a new nationwide strike for November 11. The potential strike follows a previous round of industrial action that disrupted schools, hospitals, and court services.
Why it matters
Labor disputes in the public sector have significant implications for national service delivery and economic stability.
TALKS AIMED AT resolving the public sector pay dispute have failed to reach an agreement and unions raised the prospect of a further day of national strike action.
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers participated in a nationwide strike in October.
A planned repeat was suspended to facilitate talks with the Department of Public Expenditure but is now back on the table.
The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions is to meet on Monday to consider the next nationwide strike for Wednesday 11 November.
On Friday, the general secretary of Ireland’s largest public sector union Fórsa said talks at the Workplace Relations Commission – which began on Monday 19 October – had at times been “heated”.
As talks were adjourned shortly before midnight on Friday, a union spokesperson said: “Despite lengthy negotiations, we have reached an impasse.
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