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13/09/2004
Civil service pay dispute is resolved
Northern Ireland's civil service pay dispute has ended after a deal was reached between the government and workers, it has been announced today.
Public service union, Nipsa, said its members had decided to call off industrial action after a deal was reached which will see a 16-month offer, backdated to 1 April, adding 4.65% to the civil service wage bill, meaning pay rises between 2% and over 8%.
The union revealed on Monday that members had voted by a narrow majority of 51.4% against all-out industrial action bringing to an end the 40-week strike.
However, Nipsa General Secretary John Corey said today's decision would not stop strike action in the future if the government failed to take action "in the next 10 months" to restore fair rates of pay for civil servants in the province.
"No civil servant considers the 16-month pay deal to be fair or reasonable. Our fight to secure fair pay for civil servants will continue. This is no more then the end of Round 1," he said.
(MB/GMCG)
Public service union, Nipsa, said its members had decided to call off industrial action after a deal was reached which will see a 16-month offer, backdated to 1 April, adding 4.65% to the civil service wage bill, meaning pay rises between 2% and over 8%.
The union revealed on Monday that members had voted by a narrow majority of 51.4% against all-out industrial action bringing to an end the 40-week strike.
However, Nipsa General Secretary John Corey said today's decision would not stop strike action in the future if the government failed to take action "in the next 10 months" to restore fair rates of pay for civil servants in the province.
"No civil servant considers the 16-month pay deal to be fair or reasonable. Our fight to secure fair pay for civil servants will continue. This is no more then the end of Round 1," he said.
(MB/GMCG)
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