ICTU to prioritise better pay for Defence Forces members

PDforra president Mark Keane: 'We hope we will now be able to highlight even further through Ictu the serious issues affecting our members and their families.' Picture: Don MacMonagle

Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) general secretary Patricia King has said one of her priorities will be to address the fact Defence Forces personnel are amongst the lowest paid of all public servants.

Both Defence Forces representative associations — PDforra for enlisted personnel and the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (Raco) for officers — have been allowed to affiliate with the union umbrella group, which will give them representation at national pay talks for the first time.