Deadlock as pay talks set to adjourn to September

THE national pay talks dragged on into the early hours of this morning with indications that they will be adjourned until September.

The social partners spent more than 10 hours for the second day in-a-row locked in what were billed as make-or-break talks at Government Buildings in an effort to secure a new national pay agreement.

They considered draft written compromise proposals on key issues of the social partnership agenda presented by the Government after months of apparently fruitless negotiations.