Irish public service unions fight back against pay cuts‏

Irish public service unions have commenced a nationwide work to rule in protest at the Government's decision to cut the pay of public sector employees. The low key but sustained industrial action ranges across health, education the civil service and local authorities.

As the Irish Government contemplates further public sector pay cuts, the Irish unions are co-ordinating action and digging in for a long struggle.
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Last December leading public service union IMPACT’s Central Executive Committee decided that industrial action – “firstly in the form of total non-co-operation with the management change agenda" – was a central part of the union’s response to pay cuts.

 

Its industrial action strategy includes:

• Selective strike action to be used intermittently alongside the sustained work-to-rule and non-cooperation campaign
• Other forms of disruptive action
• Targeting specific areas in response to the threat of compulsory redundancies and disciplinary action for non-cooperation
• Demonstration and protests in conjunction with service users as appropriate
• Consideration of a wide scale strike at a strategic point in the campaign.

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