Irish public sector strike suspended as draft pay deal agreed

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The agreement was reached in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A public sector strike which had been planned to take place in Ireland on Thursday has been suspended after trade unions agreed a new draft pay deal with the Government.

Following talks which concluded in the early hours of Wednesday, the proposals will deliver public sector pay increases of 10.75% over two years and nine months in a deal that will run to March 2029.

The planned industrial action would have taken place on the same day as the European Political Community (EPC) summit on Thursday.

In a statement, the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said a draft agreement had been reached.

It said: “The new agreement was negotiated following the expiration of the last public service pay agreement at the end of June.

“It follows work-to-rule action across public services since 30th September, public service-wide strike action on Wednesday 14th October, and a planned public service strike for Thursday 12th November.

“The Public Services Committee has recommended that unions suspend the strike action and other industrial action to allow affiliates to consider the document and arrange ballots.”

Asked what will happen if the agreement is rejected by union members, Mr Callinan told RTÉ’s David McCullagh show: “I think if the deal is rejected, you have a situation where you go back to individual unions to address that situation.

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