SIPTU members vote by 72% in favour of new pay deal
16/08/2006 - 12:01:59SIPTU members have voted by a large majority in favour of the new social partnership agreement.
The union said today that 72% of its members have voted to accept the Towards 2016 deal in a ballot over the past few weeks.
The agreement includes pay rises totalling 10% over 27 months.
SIPTU's support is a major step towards getting the document ratified at a special ICTU conference next month as it is Ireland's largest trade union, with 200,000 members.
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