Siptu has said that local authorities are not prepared for disruptions to water and firefighting services due to separate upcoming strikes
LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE not given sufficient notice to the public that water services and local firefighting units will be disrupted due to strikes, according to trade union Siptu.
The Retained Fire Services are fire and emergency response units delivered at a local level. Striking members of these services are due to restrict their work to only responding to emergency calls. The two-day strike in the water services will mean that boil water notices may be necessary and that, in some areas, business and domestic users may have no water for periods of time. Siptu said earlier this month that the dispute is a result of “the failure of management to adequately address a worsening recruitment and retention crisis in the service”.
Smith told the minister that he and the government had “trumpeted and celebrated” the high employment figures in the country when workers’ conditions were being squeezed.Figures published by the Central Statistics Office yesterday showed the monthly unemployment rate for May was 3.8%, the lowest rate since records began in 1998.
“Those who decide to stay within the local government sector will have their terms and conditions also protected.”“I don’t believe strike action is necessary. There’s a small number of issues that remain that can be worked out.”
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