Union to re-ballot on Croke Park deal

THE Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) is to re-ballot its 13,000 members on the terms of the Croke Park deal and said it is ending the action it has been holding in a number of Government departments.

However, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) is likely to keep directives in schools and colleges in place for now and is likely to ballot its 15,000 members on its next move, having also rejected the deal accepted by the wider public service union movement last week.

The CPSU, representing lower paid civil servants, rejected the deal by a two-to-one majority – the same margin as the overall vote of unions in favour.