Calls for an increase to the current public sector pay deal

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Calls for an increase to the current public sector pay deal

The country’s largest public-sector union has called on the government to open public sector pay talks by May at the latest. Fórsa says that the current agreement which was first agreed in December 2020 at the height of the pandemic, has not kept pace with inflation. Kevin Callinan is Fórsa’s general secretary and the current president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Calls for an increase to the current public sector pay deal