Council staff on strike in April this year over pay
The Foyle MP was speaking as more public sector workers, and those who support public services, consider strike action in response to deficient, or non existent, pay offers.
Said Mr Eastwood: “Without urgent intervention we are facing into a perfect storm of soaring inflation, plummeting real-terms wages, strike action across the public sector and a cost of living crisis that will devastate families this autumn and winter.
“It is astounding in the circumstances we’re facing that the DUP shows no signs of abandoning its reckless suppression of government.
“But worse still, Ministers at Stormont and in London who retain significant spending power appear to have no strategy to protect workers and their families from the crisis on our doorstep.
“There is no time to lose. Royal Mail staff and Housing Executive workers are already engaging in industrial action.
“Teachers and nurses seem likely to join them in the months ahead. Those with a mandate to govern can’t wash their hands of the situation, they have a moral responsibility to roll up their sleeves and get to work.
“The SDLP opposition at Stormont has been engaging with trade unions, business groups and charities on the front line of the cost of living crisis.
“We will continue to make proposals that address the real challenges people are facing. It’s time others got back to work too.”
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