Nine health and social care agencies around the country were hit by strike action in a dispute over pay. Unions warned that further industrial action will follow if workers do not receive pay restoration in line with public servants. Their employees are not classed as public servants but suffered the same pay cuts during the recession. Unlike public servants though, their pay has not been restored since.
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