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Saturday 20 February 2010

Re: Irish public service unions dig in for long haul‏

This week, the public sector committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions met to discuss progress of the first five weeks (phase one) of co-ordinated industrial action in response to the Irish Government’s December budget.

They also discussed how they might escalate the action – including option of limited work stoppages, a ban on co-operation with performance monitoring of staff and a limitation on the information provided to public representatives. However a decision on stepping up the action has been deferred for a month.

"We are of the view that we should give it four weeks before we get to a situation where this escalates to the point where it would significantly impact on the public," he said. "The purpose of that would be to ensure that Government would avail of the opportunity to re-engage with us if that is their wish." said Tom Geraghty General Secretary of PSEU.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/public-service-unions-step-up-action-in-pay-row-112278.html#ixzz0g3gR