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D-Day for Croke park Deal

  • 11-06-2010 09:03AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭


    Two of the country's biggest unions are expected to back the Croke Park public sector pay and reform agreement later today.

    SIPTU and IMPACT have recommended acceptance of the proposals and it is expected that their combined 130,000 members will back the deal in line with that recommendation.

    If they do so, it means the agreement can be formally ratified by the Public Service Committee of Congress on Tuesday.

    The agreement guarantees no further pay cuts or compulsory redundancies for four years in return for productivity concessions by over 250,000 Government employees.

    However, a number of issues remain and some unions who rejected the deal have said they may not abide by the overall Congress majority vote.

    Practical difficulties may emerge in individual workplaces when management in the various sectors start implementing reforms, including redeployment of staff and new rosters.

    It is also unclear how long it will take for reforms to deliver quantifiable savings.

    Some of those savings, if any, are due to be returned to staff, particularly the lower paid, in a review next spring.

    It has also not yet been agreed how those savings will be distributed between staff in different sectors, given that some may face greater demands for change than others.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0611/pay.html


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,228 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    SIPTU looks like it will ratify the deal strongly - my only hope is IMPACT don't, but that's a very slim hope.

    I see the media are still buying into the lies of "guarantees".


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,751 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Impacts Dublin City Branch voted 64% for and 35% against with a 65.3% turnout.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    kceire wrote: »
    Impacts Dublin City Branch voted 64% for and 35% against with a 65.3% turnout.

    does that mean Dublin City Council workers? or a wider membership?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    .

    I see the media are still buying into the lies of "guarantees".

    most media outlets these days simply cut and paste press releases.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,751 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Riskymove wrote: »
    does that mean Dublin City Council workers? or a wider membership?

    i dont know about the wider membership tbh but the figures came from within DCC.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    kceire wrote: »
    i dont know about the wider membership tbh but the figures came from within DCC.

    thats fine thanks...probably just DCC workers then...I just wanted to eb sure who that Branch represented


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,751 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Riskymove wrote: »
    thats fine thanks...probably just DCC workers then...I just wanted to eb sure who that Branch represented

    no probs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    They will have around 5 months to come up with the savings before the next budget or this deal is dust.

    Does anyone think they will make any savings this year? and if not will there be cuts again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    They will have around 5 months to come up with the savings before the next budget or this deal is dust.

    Does anyone think they will make any savings this year? and if not will there be cuts again

    you are in your own world again i am afraid......that is not how the deal is structured


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    When do these savings have to be made so? Wasn't the idea of the deal that quantifiable reforms (€ savings) are put in place and the wages don't get cut. I was presuming that this had to be done by Budget time but regardless the principle is still the same


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    When do these savings have to be made so? Wasn't the idea of the deal that quantifiable reforms (€ savings) are put in place and the wages don't get cut. I was presuming that this had to be done by Budget time but regardless the principle is still the same

    the agreement is for the period 2010-2014 and many objectives are spread over time periods, a lot of the measures wont see savings until future years and certainly not in the next 5 months

    however, some will and will impact this year and next year


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭Count Dooku


    Riskymove wrote: »
    you are in your own world again i am afraid......that is not how the deal is structured
    Do you mean freeze pay first and leave all mess about savings to Labour government?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    Instant savings are needed now though, it's a farce that the whole process has taken this long to even vote on. The Process in Spain is taking 1 week, it's as if the Govt don't want to rush through reforms.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    Instant savings are needed now though, it's a farce that the whole process has taken this long to even vote on. The Process in Spain is taking 1 week, it's as if the Govt don't want to rush through reforms.

    the savings for this year were contained in last year's budget...i.e. the paycut

    the savings for next year will be in this years etc

    spain is only starting now, we have already had measures taken


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    Riskymove wrote: »
    the savings for this year were contained in last year's budget...i.e. the paycut

    the savings for next year will be in this years etc

    spain is only starting now, we have already had measures taken


    I Know we have started already but how come Spain could announce a deal to be voted on and have results over a week later. The sooner we get the Deal moving the sooner and more savings should in theory be made.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    I Know we have started already but how come Spain could announce a deal to be voted on and have results over a week later. The sooner we get the Deal moving the sooner and more savings should in theory be made.

    I have no idea how the trade unions in spain work

    you'd have to ask siptu and Impact why they needed such a long time to vote


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭dan_d


    What exactly are "practical difficulties" with implementing new rosters, etc,etc?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    I don't know either but it is beyond common sense why it takes so long here. You can be sure if it was a vote on accepting a pay rise it would be sorted bleedin rapid bud :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    D-DAY my arse , it will be a resounding yes to what is a redicolusly generous deal , looking forward to not having to listen to any more media reports about this three month charade


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭BeardyFunzo


    SIPTU Education Branch Result (from email i was sent):



    RESULT OF EDUCATION BRANCH BALLOT ON PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT.

    NUMBER OF BALLOTS COUNTED: 1121.
    NUMBER OF SPOILED BALLOTS: 2.

    NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPOSALS: 563.
    NUMBER OF BALLOTS AGAINST THE PROPOSALS: 556.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    SIPTU Education Branch Result (from email i was sent):




    talk about a close vote


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭RichardAnd


    Riskymove wrote: »
    However, a number of issues remain and some unions who rejected the deal have said they may not abide by the overall Congress majority vote.


    I knew this would happen. This deal is a mess and to be honest, I don't even see either side honouring their side of the bargain.

    Further, I fail to see how any savings will arise because if your still paying X amount of people Y amount of money, then the bill is the same. In an ideal world, the dead-wood in the PS would have been cleared out and we'd be left with a smaller, cheaper public service. However, that's never going to happen :(

    My opinion is that this deal will be broken. The government have their "get out of jail" card and with a little massaging of some statistics, they can say they need to use it. The unions on the other hand could either find a loophole and exploit that or, more likely, they'll simply break their word and go back to touting "we didn't cause the recession!"

    The whole thing sickens me. What ever happened to honouring your word?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,166 ✭✭✭ParkRunner


    Impact have strongly endorsed the croke park agreement 77% in favour! Bigger than I expected margin.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0611/breaking9.html


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭dan_d


    RichardAnd wrote: »
    I knew this would happen. This deal is a mess and to be honest, I don't even see either side honouring their side of the bargain.

    Further, I fail to see how any savings will arise because if your still paying X amount of people Y amount of money, then the bill is the same. In an ideal world, the dead-wood in the PS would have been cleared out and we'd be left with a smaller, cheaper public service. However, that's never going to happen :(

    My opinion is that this deal will be broken. The government have their "get out of jail" card and with a little massaging of some statistics, they can say they need to use it. The unions on the other hand could either find a loophole and exploit that or, more likely, they'll simply break their word and go back to touting "we didn't cause the recession!"

    The whole thing sickens me. What ever happened to honouring your word?

    While I've no faith either - there's one fly in the ointment for the Gov. And that's the EU.
    They've already identified us as a loose cannon and they're keeping a far closer eye than they let on, from reading between the lines. With any luck there'll be enough pressure on the Gov to make them implement changes to save money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭RichardAnd


    dan_d wrote: »
    While I've no faith either - there's one fly in the ointment for the Gov. And that's the EU.
    They've already identified us as a loose cannon and they're keeping a far closer eye than they let on, from reading between the lines. With any luck there'll be enough pressure on the Gov to make them implement changes to save money.


    I agree. The government should never have entered into negotiation with the unions at all. They should have simple cut pay and left it at that. There would have been strikes and unrest but after a few weeks, even a few days of not getting paid, the vast majority of PS workers would have gone back to work, albeit with a bitter taste.

    I can see wages being cut in December, deal or not, which will be followed by more hassle. I'm not a public sector basher at all but this whole thing is a total circus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭BeardyFunzo


    Further detail on SIPTU Education Branch vote:
    DCU: Yes: 158
    No: 133

    UCD: Yes: 86
    No: 150

    TCD Yes: 208
    No: 208

    HEA: Yes: 21
    No: 2

    IADT: Yes: 7 (Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology)
    No: 6

    NCAD Yes: 34 (National College of Art and Design)
    No: 27

    HETAC Yes: 8
    No: 7

    RIAM Yes: 16 (Royal Irish Academy of Music)
    No: 6

    Postal Yes: 20
    No: 15
    Not exactly a huge turnout.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭BeardyFunzo


    RichardAnd wrote: »
    My opinion is that this deal will be broken....

    The whole thing sickens me. What ever happened to honouring your word?

    You could see if that happens before you become sickened? A little faith won't kill ya!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭BeardyFunzo


    Hot off the presses
    11th June

    SIPTU SUPPORTS CROKE PARK PROPOSALS BY ALMOST 2:1 MAJORITY

    SIPTU members in the public service have voted by a substantial majority to support the Croke Park Proposals on Pay and Reform of the Public Service. Over 65% of those participating in the ballot voted to support the detailed proposals negotiated by public service unions and employers at Croke Park earlier this year.

    The result followed extensive consultation with SIPTU members across the country over the past two months.

    Commenting on the outcome of ballot SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, said;

    “Our members in the public service have decided to go with a medium term strategy which protects their interests in the matters of pay, job security and pensions while providing a framework for the reinstatement of the agreed rates over time.”

    “It also advances the interests of the citizens of Ireland by facilitating the restructuring of public services on an agreed basis. This is in sharp contrast to the Government’s continuing policy of placating the rich at all costs which brought about the economic crisis in the first place and which is graphically evident in its mishandling of the banking debacle.”

    “Public service management must now set about the task of implementing the reform programme in a manner that complies with the principles of the Croke Park proposals which entails fully respecting the rights and interests of employees. Clearly any attempt to deviate from the delicate balance enshrined in the proposals will bring about the collapse of the arrangements.”

    “The onus now passes on to those at the top of society who have contributed little or nothing to the resolution of our economic problems while working people and those who depend most on public services have carried the lions share of the burden.”

    “Government must now face up to the obligation to stop insulating the rich and tax wealth and trophy houses in budget 2011.”


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭GoldenEarring


    SIPTU Education Branch Result (from email i was sent):



    Can anyone work out if the result would have been different if voters were counted as individuals?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Scarab80


    Can anyone work out if the result would have been different if voters were counted as individuals?

    I would doubt that it would make a difference. It's not really that close based on the weightings and there have been as many strong approvals as there have strong denials. I reckon the voting at the ICTU will be a pretty fair representation of individual votes.


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