Ministers likely to face industrial relations challenges despite new pay deal Associations outside Ictu representing thousands of staff yet to ballot on agreement
Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 16:05 Updated: Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 18:26
The new public service agreement provides certainty to the Government on pay and industrial relations over the next two years, Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath said on Tuesday.
However, despite the new accord reached with bodies affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu), Ministers are likely to face challenges in a number of areas in the months ahead.
Associations representing thousands of key public service personnel such as gardaí, psychiatric nurses and members of the Defence Forces have not signed up to the new agreement as of yet.
Proposed new public service pay deal backed by nurses, rejected by doctors New accord very likely to be formally ratified by public service unions next Tuesday
Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:16 Updated: Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:54
The proposed new public service pay agreement has been decisively supported by nurses but overwhelmingly rejected by doctors.
The vote by nurses to support the proposed agreement on Friday means that it is very likely to be formally ratified by the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) at a meeting next Tuesday.
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) backed the proposed deal by more than 91 per cent in a ballot.