27/02/2013

AHCPS Urge No Vote On Croke Park Ballot

Union members are being urged to vote no in the ballot on new Croke Park Agreement proposals.

The Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants is to recommend a no vote on the proposals, a decision it is understood the executive committee took following a meeting on Tuesday.

The said that on the basis of what was on the table, and cuts already imposed on Government employees, they could not support the proposals.

The new proposals will see pay and pension cuts for higher earners and additional working hours and reduced premium and Sunday payments in various sectors of the public service.

Some 2,500 higher grade public servants are represented by the committee.

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