Union optimism on public service pay move

Union leaders are optimistic they can reverse pay gaps for public service workers that could potentially benefit up to 60,000 employees.

Trade unions met with Government officials yesterday in the latest attempt to close the gap for workers hired after 2011 who were put on lower rates.

Forsa’s Shay Cody said that while the Government had not given unions any guarantee that they may change their position on any cash restoration before 2021, the fact that they were talking showed that they could make progress.