Northern Ireland roads service workers begin two weeks of strike action
Roads service workers in the GMB and Unite unions across Northern Ireland have begun two weeks of strike action.It is part of an ongoing dispute over pay and the implementation of a productivity bonus which last saw workers strike in April.
"Our members will not be carrying out all types of road maintenance including filling potholes [and] grass cutting for the next two weeks," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster.facing budgetary challenges and a 14% cut in its day-to-day spending budget compared to last year. "Clearly the concerns of our members here are - why are they being treated differently? At the moment there is nothing on the table for them," he said.
"It's a period of two-week industrial action but it doesn't cover every area at every time," he told the programme," he said.
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