The IMPACT public services union formally begun industrial action on 25 January in protest at the government’s plans for further cuts in public employees’ pay. Initially the industrial action is to be a work-to-rule so IMPACT members refuse to co-operate with management demands that require anything beyond normal duties. Other public sector unions have joined this initiative. On 26 January, General Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU), Blair Horan, at a conference in Dublin said there was a clear mandate for more intensive action. From 27 January, according to Horan staff would hold more unannounced stoppages, which could affect entire regions. <Meanwhile, Labour Relations Commission (LRC) Chief Executive Kieran Mulvey would start trying to find a basis to get management and unions talking (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 2 December 2009).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/335
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