Public sector workers should trigger review of pay amid inflation, say unions

Irish Congress of Trade Unions chair Kevin Callinan said that sustained inflation and the current strength of the public finances are justification for a review of the current agreement. Picture: Conor Healy/Picture It Photography

Public sector workers should trigger a review of their current pay agreement on foot of the ongoing global inflation and cost of living crisis, the head of the country’s largest public service union has said.

Kevin Callinan, the chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, said that sustained inflation and the current strength of the public finances are justification for a review of the current agreement.