Good luck to the PS workers.

[birthday]

The CPSU have not called off their OT ban. They seem to have learned from the last time that such goodwill gestures will be pissed on.

Goodwill works both ways.
The PS unions come to regret taking the public for fools and idiots.
never again will a government from whatever source be able to get away with cosying up to such a rotten system as PS and their quangos.

They will remember the ''I'm not answering the phone'' attitude the next time these people come looking for a pay rise, which will probably be about the early years of second decade of the 21st century.

[petervalhala]

The CPSU have not called off their OT ban. They seem to have learned from the last time that such goodwill gestures will be pissed on.

Pity they haven't learned to stop pissing on the public

[Conor]

They will remember the ''I'm not answering the phone'' attitude the next time these people come looking for a pay rise, which will probably be about the early years of second decade of the 21st century.

Well, answering the phone got them two pay cuts in the space of a year, so maybe taking a different tack will be more worthwhile.

[Baron von Biffo]

Well, answering the phone got them two pay cuts in the space of a year, so maybe taking a different tack will be more worthwhile.

It's amazing how, after all the propaganda about them doing nothing, we're told of the huge hardship caused when they take the bare minimum action against abuse by their employer.

[hammer]

Amazing that eventhough our tax take will be < €30 billion the Government geniuses can still pay overtime to its workers. What crisis ?

And the underpaid CPSU can refuse to work overtime eventhough they are underpaid supposedly. CLASSIC

[Proposition Joe]

A bad move by the union leadership. They were gulled into cancelling IA in December while the government was negotiating in bad faith.

No they were forced into canceling the second strike by the silly actions of their own membership. 90 minutes on the picket line, then off to Newry. That PR disaster forced them to the negotiating table.

They ought to have stuck to their schedule unless a substantial quid pro quo was offered by the government in return.

The government have nothing to offer as a quid pro quo other than going easy on further cuts. The union leadership know this, which explains their reluctance to demand pre-conditions. If the cat gets out of the bag before the negotiations are bedded down, the more militant among the membership may take matters into their own hands.

Best to bore them into submission with endless choreographed negotiations that yield nothing substantive on the restoration front, maybe a promise not to cut too deeply again in the next budget as long as the transformation agenda is fully implemented.

[Proposition Joe]

Well, answering the phone got them two pay cuts in the space of a year, so maybe taking a different tack will be more worthwhile.

No, being paid more than we can afford got them the two paycuts.

[hammer]

No, being paid more than we can afford got them the two paycuts.

They got one paycut.

They also got to pay for the unsustainable public service pension bill that is accruing

[feargach]

They got one paycut.

They also got to pay for the unsustainable public service pension bill that is accruing

Who cares about the fantasy numbers in the public service pension bill?

You think that will be paid in real life?

Why?

The gov't has already got away with reneging on one promise, the towards 2016 deal. They will do the same when payment time is due on the pensions.

That money is a mirage and everyone knows it.

[bormotello]

A bad move by the union leadership. They were gulled into cancelling IA in December while the government was negotiating in bad faith. They ought to have stuck to their schedule unless a substantial quid pro quo was offered by the government in return.

Not a good start.

Unions agree not to escalate action as talks renewed - The Irish Times - Sat, Mar 13, 2010

It is not a bad move. It is acknowledgment that unions cannot achieve anything by strikes
PS union leaders have to save their face, before everybody realize how weak they are