The Vice-President of the INTO has expressed disappointment over the new public sector pay deal.
Cabinet’s expected to agree to the deal on Tuesday, but trade union members will now have to be balloted over the coming weeks.
In the early hours of this morning a deal between the Government and trade unions was finally hammered out at the WRC, following two and a half weeks of negotiations.
Unions say the deal, which is worth 880 million euro, would work out as around a 7 per cent pay increase over the next three years, for three quarters of public servants.
It’s scaled to benefit those on lower incomes more – and will see the threshold for the pension levy rise, as well as pay increases.
Bernard Harbor from IMPACT says it’s one they can work with.
There’s no changes in a number of areas the government had been targetting – such as outsourcing and Saturday working, while there’s also no provisions on recruitment and retention issues, which a number of unions face.
Liam Doran from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says his members will ultimately have the final say:
The Vice-President of teachers’ union the INTO has expressed disappointment over the deal.
Corofin native Joe Killeen admits there are good aspects within the agreement, but he’s disappointed that a time frame for pay equalisation hasn’t been established.
But it’s not a done deal yet – Workers will now be balloted on whether they want to accept the new terms.
