Trade unions representing gardaí , nurses and prison officers are warning they will take whatever action is necessary to protect their members pay.
The 24/7 Alliance is to mount a campaign to resist the further salary cuts proposed by the Government, as part of an extension to the Croke Park Agreement.
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The unions – which represent 70,000 front-line workers – say the plan to reduce pay by over 10 per cent is totally unacceptable and unrealistic.
Liam Doran – the General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation – is not ruling out the possibility of industrial action: