The IMPACT public services union is balloting all its 55,000 members to secure backing for industrial action in response to continuing threats to cut pay and jobs. The union says it will only use a strike mandate if public service employers move to impose compulsory redundancies, unilateral cuts in working hours, further pay cuts or reductions in pension entitlements. Meanwhile the ICTU trade union confederation has called a national demonstration against government policies on 6 November and the SIPTU general union will be seeking further support from its members for industrial action in support of the national cross-sectoral agreement.
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