A trade union has warned that an 'indefinite walkout' of council workers in Derry is an option without an improved pay offer. The warning comes as council services at Derry City and Strabane District Council will be disrupted due to strike action from July 18 for four weeks.
Unite Union said that the action was being taken due to council management providing no additional consolidated pay increase, leaving workers "unprotected from surging inflation".
It's understood that DCSDC's latest offer for workers was a £1000 one-off payment to 'try and help with the cost-of-living crisis'. The offer was firmly rejected, says Unite representatives. General Secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham said that workers 'deserved to receive a cost of living improvement that reflected price rises'.
