NIC-ICTU welcomes calls for pay justice from Head of NI Civil Service
The head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Jayne Brady, has called for funds to be released for pay to stop the strike action being taken on Thursday by 170,000 public servants in 15 trade unions.
Ms Brady said
there is an urgent need to provide an immediate budget allocation.
This has been the position of the trade union movement from the beginning of this dispute. It is also the position of every political party In Northern Ireland.
In response to this, Chris Heaton-Harris continues to parrot the same discredited line he has held throughout this crisis, that fair pay for public servants is not his responsibility, but that of a restored NI Executive.
The secretary of State’s strategy has clearly failed and it has failed the people of Northern Ireland. It is long past time that this calamitous fiasco was brought to an end.
The Trade Union movement is clear, the disruption of industrial action this Thursday can be averted.
If the money is made available and negotiations begin, we stand ready to engage.
