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Civil servants to strike in Derry today

written by John July 26, 2019
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Striking public sector workers gathered at Derry’s Guildhall Square in March 2015

CIVIL Service workers in Derry and across the North West will be gathering in the city Derry today, Friday, July 26, for strike action over pay and conditions.

NIPSA members in the NI Civil Service will be on the picket lines at a number of buildings in Derry.

These include Foyle Jobs and Benefits Office on Asylum Road, Carlisle House on Carlisle Road and Orchard House on Foyle Street from early morning until 10.15am.

After the picket lines, members will gather for a rally at the City Hotel from 10.30 am.

The 24-hour trike has been organised in relation to an imposed pay deal of 1.25% and changes to terms and conditions of employment which union officials claim have been implemented without proper and meaningful consultation.

NIPSA’s Deputy General Secretary, Carmel Gates will be addressing the rally in Derry along with Gerry Murphy, President, Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

Alison Millar, NIPSA General Secretary stated: “Following a statutory ballot of members in the Northern Ireland Civil Service and their Arms Length Bodies NIPSA has served notice on the employers that industrial action will commence on Friday 26 July with a one day strike.

“This is not a decision our members took lightly however our members are angry that they have received, for the ninth year running a below inflation pay increase.”

Alison Miller claimed that in addition to this the workers “terms and conditions of employment are under attack”.

“Our members have clearly demonstrated their anger and are resolute in seeking to ensure that the employer re-opens the pay negotiations for 2018/19 and properly negotiates with NIPSA on both the issue of pay and other terms and conditions.

“NIPSA has had to take the unprecedented decision to lodge a Judicial Review on the lack of consultation on terms and conditions issues regarding promotion opportunities within the NICS. NIPSA members are clear in seeking to defend their pay, terms and conditions. They are saying loud and clear – enough is enough.

“In the last few days NIPSA has written to all political parties asking that they both meet with NIPSA and engage with the Senior Civil Service on our behalf to ensure that hard working civil servants who have kept the civil service running in the absence of the Assembly are appropriately rewarded.

“The public will be shocked to learn that the lowest paid civil servants had to get a slightly higher pay increase – not because of the generosity of the employer – but to ensure that civil servants were not paid below the national minimum wage.”

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