Siptu executive seeks ayes vote on Croke Park II

Government plans to save €1bn from the public service paybill under Croke Park II were given a major boost last night when the leadership of Siptu said it would be campaigning for a yes vote.

Siptu executive seeks ayes vote on Croke Park II

Following a meeting of the union’s national executive committee, it issued a statement in which it said it believed “the best strategy for these extraordinary times is to keep the centralised collective agreement in place for the period envisaged”.

“Voting no will not make the problem go away. The Croke Park Agreement will collapse and we will still be faced with the cuts agenda without the protections it provides,” it said.

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