Civil service staff to campaign for referendum no vote

Lower paid civil service workers have decided to campaign for a no vote in next month’s referendum on the EU fiscal treaty.

At the CPSU annual conference in Cork yesterday, delegates voted almost unanimously to oppose the treaty, joining Unite, Mandate and the TEEU in urging its members to reject it. General secretary Eoin Ronayne said the outcome of the vote reflected the level of pay cuts members have had to endure.

Earlier, he warned that the CPSU will resist any move by the Government to reduce allowances or to freeze or withhold pay increments.