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Wed 11 Nov 2009Public sector unions agree payroll costs must be cut next year
TRADE UNION leaders have acknowledged for the first time that temporary measures which would reduce public sector earnings next year are necessary if across-the board pay cuts are to be avoided. The admission follows a day that saw 250,000 public sector workers take part in what unions described as the State’s largest-ever strike.
Schools, Civil Service offices and many local authority services closed for yesterday’s strike, while hospitals and courts ran a limited service. Thousands of public service workers took part in pickets.
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