Largest union backs new national pay agreement

THE country’s biggest union, SIPTU, has voted by almost three to one to accept the new national pay deal.

Following a month-long nationwide ballot, 72% of members voted in favour of Towards 2016 to secure 10% wage increases over the next 27 months.

The union’s 200,000 members join the 56,000 public service workers from the Impact union in support of the agreement.