Public Sector Pay
Public sector workers set for 10.25 per cent increase as new deal agreed
Government has been forced to pay a high price to avoid industrial unrest in the year of elections
Trade unions will begin to ballot their union members on the proposed public sector deal which will provide for pay increases of 10.25 per cent over two-and-a-half years.
The balloting period will run until March 25, to allow time for all unions to consider the terms of the new agreement.
Government officials are finalising the proposals of the financial package which amounts to €3.6 billion spread over four budgets.
Negotiations on the deal ran into ...
