Ireland: Unions hold strike ballots over compliance with pay deal
During March 2009, trade unions are balloting their members over industrial action targeted at employers - including the Government - that are refusing to grant pay increases due as part of the current national agreement.
A “transitional agreement” within the framework of the “Towards 2016” national social partnership agreement was negotiated by the Government, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and employers’ bodies in September 2008.