Frontline unions to campaign against cuts

The leaders of the trade unions representing 70,000 of the country’s emergency workers have warned of the “strongest campaign of opposition possible” to the public service cuts proposed under Croke Park II.

Executives of the Association of Garda Sergeants, the Garda Representative Association, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Psychiatric Nurses Association, and the Prison Officers Association will gather in Croke Park to review Labour Relations Commission recommendations.

“The 24/7 Alliance will be reaffirming its belief that the proposals that have emerged are grossly unfair and inequitable and seek to take money from the low- and middle-income public servants who have no more to give,” the alliance said.