Siptu members face ballot over public sector pay

Pressure is mounting on the Government to enter early public sector pay talks, with Siptu now primed to ballot members for strike action in the coming weeks.

The country’s largest union is to ballot its 60,000 members on December 1 as it believes the Lansdowne Road agreement is no longer acceptable and a new deal must be struck. It wants discussions to begin before February 1.

Public sector unions have given the Government a fortnight to commit to a new round of negotiations or face a winter of walkouts and protests.