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Strikes loom as Donohoe ‘losing control’ with no pay deal in sight
Public sector unions to vote on ‘widespread industrial action’ as country enters ‘uncharted territory’
The threat of a “spiral of industrial action” across the public service could see the government “lose control of industrial relations for the first time in 40 years”.
Union sources have said “the threat to industrial peace is now very real” in the absence of any public sector pay deal which would see a commitment not to strike in return for higher pay.
The last pay deal, Building Momentum, lapsed on December 31 and unions ...
