Unions warn of potential public sector strikes if pay row not resolved

Kevin Callinan, president of ICTU, said: “Workers don't cause inflation, they're the victims, workers and their families are the victims of inflation.”  File picture: Maxwells

The president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), Kevin Callinan, has said that any concessions for workers in the forthcoming Budget would not be of benefit until next year while his members needed action now.

Mr Callinan told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that ICTU had been very patient, but that patience had now run out and they required a fair deal from the Government.