CPSU executive set to reject pay deal

THE leader of the union representing lower-paid workers in the civil service has predicted his executive will this afternoon vote unanimously to recommend rejection of the new pay agreement to its 14,000 members.

Civil Public and Services Union general secretary Blair Horan said there were elements of the deal which he and his union had fought successfully to have installed by the Government in the final document which emerged from Croke Park two weeks ago.

However, he said feedback he had been given from his branch representatives was that members were deeply unhappy that there was no guarantee in the deal of a reversal of pay cuts for public service staff introduced in December’s budget.