Public Sector Pay Deal

Pay The Workers: The Money is There

Pay The Workers: The Money is There

No pay offer is on the table. No guarantee from the Government that inflation busting pay increases will be delivered. What really is acceptable? The numbers show workers need 10% now as a bare minimum, and the money is there to pay for this.

18 Oct 2026

Community members standing with striking SIPTU members at Kilbarrack Fire Station in North Dublin. Sign saying This Community Supports The Strike!

Workers Need At Least 10% and They Need It Now

Call Meetings in Your Job on Monday: "Union leaders have called off the action for next Wednesday, but they cannot deliver on the basis of what the Government has put on the table. Pressure must be sustained to ensure workers get at least 10% and get it now. The money is there to pay for it."

16 Oct 2026

We need to keep the pressure up: “This government needs their balls squeezed”

We need to keep the pressure up: “This government needs their balls squeezed”

People Before Profit spoke to a shop steward at a civil service workplace, about how yesterday’s strike went and what should happen next.

15 Oct 2026

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Escalate the Action to Win: Commitment to Real Pay Increases Needed.

14 Oct 2026

Strike

Solidarity with Public Sector Workers

Set to be the biggest strike of the 2010s or 2020s, Wednesday 14 October will see schools, public offices, health centres and hospitals blocked by pickets as 300,000 workers unite in a national picket. The potential is hard to overstate.

13 Oct 2026

People Before Profit Councillors Stand with Council Staff as They Begin Work to Rule

People Before Profit Councillors Stand with Council Staff as They Begin Work to Rule

Cllr Melisa Halpin "If disruption occurs as this dispute escalates, responsibility lies with the Government for allowing matters to reach this point. The Minister needs to engage seriously with the unions and put forward a pay offer beyond inflation.”

30 Sep 2026

Workers gather with People Before Profit reps in the Dáil's Audio Visual Room, Tuesday 8th.

Workers' Forum 2026

Workers from many sectors came together in the Dáil Tuesday to talk about their campaigns and the direction of the workers' movement today. Underfunding of services and cost of living were major issues. Fuel protests a success. Unions should fight FF/FG's divide & rule tactics with serious strikes.

9 Sep 2026

Paul Murphy with a poster for the Affordable Ireland Campaign's coming national demo 19 Sept in front of screen shot of SIPTU member protests.

Paul Murphy welcomes SIPTU vote for strike action over pay

Government fears cost of living protests. Urges people to turn out in their thousands at Affordable Ireland Campaign protest on Saturday, 19th September.

1 Sep 2026