Unions have publicly endorsed the new public sector pay agreement. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions' (ICTU) Public Service Committee met to discuss the results of recent member polls as a whole. The committee will now formally inform the government and the Workplace Relations Commission that the wage settlement has been agreed.
Fórsa, SIPTU, the ASTI, and Connect were the most recent unions to declare that their members had approved of the accord.
Public sector employees will receive a 6.5% wage boost over two years as a result of a set of recommendations that the government and staff associations agreed upon in August.
Increases under the agreement will be 3% retroactively effective as of 2 February 2022, 2% effective as of 1 March 2023, and 1.5% effective as of 1 October 2023, up to a maximum of €750.
This would be in addition to the existing public sector wage agreement, Building Momentum, which already includes a 2% raise.
The significant support for the pay agreement, said to ICTU President Kevin Callinan, shows that employees understand how important these pay increases will be for people at this difficult time.
The present deal will expire at the end of 2023, and Mr. Callinan stated that unions "do anticipate to be back in discussions next year to secure pay terms beyond the lifetime of the current Agreement, and unions will of course continue to constantly monitor living costs and income constraints."
The suggestions were approved by a unanimous vote of the affiliated unions that participated in the poll.
The number of members in the civil service and public sector that each union has determines its voting power, and the final conclusion is computed using a weighted average of the results of all the union ballots.
Michael McGrath, minister of public expenditure and reform, expressed his appreciation for the agreement's approval, calling it fair and cost-effective for the government and for public employees.
"It delivers significant advantages and will help to reduce some of the pressure from the inflation being faced at this time for up to 400,000 public personnel and 200,000 public sector pensioners," Mr. McGrath said.
In a time of such uncertainty throughout the world, "it also provides confidence about the continuous provision of public services and secures extremely valuable industrial peace," he concluded.
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