Public sector workers want upcoming pay deal to match inflation

Kevin Callinan, Fórsa general secretary and president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions,  said he was “blown away” by the results of the survey in relation to the need for increases to match inflation

Public sector workers want their next pay increase to match inflation and are willing to ballot for industrial action if the offer from the Government falls below that.

That is according to a survey by the country's largest public sector union Fórsa to which 20,000 people - a quarter of its membership - responded.