Tomorrow's health strike has been called off.
Up to 10,000 health care workers were set to take to the picket lines at 38 hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide.
They were walking off the job following a row with government over €19 million worth of pay rises which they say are owed to them.
Discussions on the implementation of the job evaluation scheme for SIPTU members in the health service will commence tomorrow (Thursday, 20th June). Preparations for strike for next Tuesday (June 25th) and Wednesday (June 26th) will continue.” #payjustice #ourSIPTU pic.twitter.com/O7Zhulc1T3
— SIPTU (@SIPTU) June 19, 2019
SIPTU says the strike has been deferred pending the outcome of emergency talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.
The Union's Health Divisional Organiser, Paul Bell, said: “Discussions on the implementation of the job evaluation scheme for SIPTU members in the health service will commence tomorrow. Preparations for strike for next Tuesday (June 25th) and Wednesday (June 26th) will continue.”
Health Minister Simon Harris has welcomed the news:
Welcome news that the industrial action scheduled for tomorrow has been deferred and talks will take place at WRC tomorrow
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) June 19, 2019
