Members open to prosecution if they strike
The stern message came as unrest in the public service took an unprecedented new twist ahead of tomorrow’s budget, with the Garda Representative Association (GRA) announcing its intention to ballot 12,000 members on industrial action in support of wider trade union protests. Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 balloting gardaí on industrial action is illegal.
Elsewhere in the public service, union bosses refused to rule out more industrial action before Christmas following an ICTU meeting to discuss last week’s breakdown in pay talks with the Government.
