Representatives and officials of three trade unions representing frontline bus and rail workers in Northern Ireland agreed unanimously to proceed with an industrial ballot, including for action up to and including strike, of their members over pay. All three unions will ballot their members working in Ulsterbus, Metro and the Glider. GMB and SIPTU will ballot members working in Northern Ireland Rail. All three trade unions have now given seven-day notice of the pending strike ballots to Translink, northern Ireland’s public transport provider.
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