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Irish public sector: More than 100,000 workers take industrial action

Some health, education and council workers in the Republic of Ireland have commenced industrial action over an ongoing public sector pay dispute.

More than 100,000 workers, including nurses, school staff and civil servants, moved to work-to-rule measures on Wednesday morning.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said its public health service staff will perform only duties necessary for safe patient care and “will not work any additional unpaid hours”.

Two days of fuller strike action have been planned for 14 and 21 October, when it is expected schools could be closed and picket lines formed across the country.

INMO said nurses and midwives who have taken work-to-rule action “will not attend non-clinical meetings, except where attendance is strictly necessary for direct patient care”.

They have been joined by Fórsa, the Republic’s largest public sector union, after 96.6% of their members who voted in an industrial ballot did so in favour of action.

Members of SIPTU, who represent public sector workers in health and administration, have also signed up to work-to-rule measures.


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