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Sat 03 Mar 2010Unions agree not to escalate action as talks renewed
TRADE UNIONS have agreed not to escalate industrial action over public service pay cuts to include strikes and rolling stoppages.
However, it is likely that a four-week overtime ban planned to begin in some areas of the public service on Monday will go ahead and that the current phase of low-key action, which includes bans on answering phones and the closure of public offices at lunchtime, is to continue.
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