Minister for Public Expenditure said Government willing to re-enter WRC negotiations with unions
he Government would be as flexible as possible, but it was not prepared to “chase inflation” Michael McGrath said. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/CollinsThe Government was willing to return to talks with public service unions but ‘there needed to be flexibility on both sides’, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath has said.
The reality was that in any negotiation process both sides had to be prepared to stretch themselves, he added. There needed to be flexibility on both sides. “We will be as flexible as we can, but we need the unions to meet us”. Public servants did deserve a pay rise, he said, the offer was seven percent over two years. The Government had a duty to ensure that the public pay bill was affordable.
The consultation will involve union members and activists in the health service, local government, education and the State sectors in the coming weeks, the union said. “In these circumstances, we are now left with no alternative other than to ballot our members in order to protect their standard of living.”
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