Unions to hit Oireachtas in escalation of pay cuts protest

THE day-to-day business of the Dáil and the Seanad are to be severely impacted by an escalation of industrial action by the three main civil service unions.

The protest against the pay cuts announced in the last budget will see sudden, unannounced disruption by civil service workers to the work of the various elected representatives. The unions will give no advance warning of the form that disruption will take so as to give those affected as little time as possible to react.

Yesterday, members of IMPACT, the Public Service Executive Union (PSEU) and the Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU) working in the Oireachtas agreed to establish a joint disputes committee, which will immediately draw up coordinated actions that are likely to impact on Oireachtas business in the coming weeks.