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19/02/2009
Public Servants Union to Hold Vote On Strike
The UNITE trade union will ballot its workers in the public service and the HSE on whether to take industrial action over the controversial pension levy.
The union says its members are furious about the blatant unfairness of the levy, which will see between 3% and 10% taken from the salaries of all public and civil servants.
Today, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan reiterated his defence of the plan to impose a pension levy on all public-sector workers.
Mr Lenihan insisted the plan is a reasonable response to the massive deterioration in the public finances, adding that the levy was preferable to tax increases and redundancies.
The news comes as a momentous strike by Dublin's Bus drivers was announced this morning.
SIPTU announced today that its workers had opted to endorse strike action in their ballot last week.
The Civil and Public Service Union is already planning a one-day strike next Thursday to protest against the levy.
(DW/BMcC)
The union says its members are furious about the blatant unfairness of the levy, which will see between 3% and 10% taken from the salaries of all public and civil servants.
Today, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan reiterated his defence of the plan to impose a pension levy on all public-sector workers.
Mr Lenihan insisted the plan is a reasonable response to the massive deterioration in the public finances, adding that the levy was preferable to tax increases and redundancies.
The news comes as a momentous strike by Dublin's Bus drivers was announced this morning.
SIPTU announced today that its workers had opted to endorse strike action in their ballot last week.
The Civil and Public Service Union is already planning a one-day strike next Thursday to protest against the levy.
(DW/BMcC)
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