People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin has said that Housing Executive workers on strike are determined to win a fair pay rise.
Said Cllr Harkin: “People Before Profit was proud to join Housing Executive maintenance workers on their picket line as they resumed strike action.
“This has been a very long strike, unnecessarily long. NIHE workers have demonstrated tremendous resilience. They ended 2022 determined and have started the New Year fully determined to win fair pay.
“It’s time for NIHE and all employers to agree to cost of living pay rises.
“The Executive is down but parties in a position to influence NIHE management have been happy to sit on their hands while workers freeze on picket lines.
“If that doesn’t happen we, and many others, are prepared to back workers and their trade union in escalating this struggle. No one will fight alone this year.
“More and more workers are taking action to reject crumbs. The era of silently accepting Westminster and Stormont pay cuts is over.”
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