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Wed 11 Nov 2009Unions plan second day of strikes next week
PRESS CONFERENCE:A SECOND public service workers’ strike is set to take place on Thursday, December 3rd, if renewed talks fail to produce an alternative to compulsory redundancies and pay cuts, the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) announced yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference, committee chairman Peter McLoone said workers had demonstrated their feelings through the “State’s largest ever strike” in which he claimed well over 250,000 people had participated.
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