Siptu backs public pay deal

Siptu, the country’s largest public sector union, has recommended that its members accept the Haddington Road Agreement, but two of the main teaching unions have rejected the deal.

Both the TUI and ASTI said the deal did not represent sufficient change from the original LRC proposals, which they have already rejected. Significantly, both unions stated they would not re-ballot members on the Haddington deal.

In rejecting the original proposals, both unions voted in favour of industrial action in the event that the Government cuts their pay or worsens their working conditions.