Public sector unions have called for a strike on 5 October in protest at the government’s plans to impose a new pay structure. The changes in pay have been proposed as part of a loan package with the International Monetary Fund and European Commission. The unions argue that groups of workers will be left worse off by the changes but that they will call of f the strike if the government agrees to negotiate over reforms to the pay system.
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