Union: No Croke Park II unless staff agree to work longer hours

There is unlikely to be a Croke Park II deal in the public service unless staff agree to work longer hours, a senior trade union leader has warned.

In a circular to staff yesterday, Impact said increased working time had become a “key demand” from the Government’s negotiators.

It said the employers’ side was demanding that public servants work the equivalent of an extra hour per day, regardless of whether their current working week was 39 hours, 37, 35, or less.