Strike Action in Ports, Meat and Poultry Plants and Veterinary Services DAERA
Members who work in Veterinary Services Animal Health Group will be taking selective strike action for 5 days from Monday 30 October.
This action will begin with a walk-out by portal members at Midnight on Sunday 29 and will last 5 full days from Monday 30 to midnight on Friday 3 November.
This action, which has the potential to be the most significant and far-reaching targeted action ever undertaken by NICS members, is the next part of the strategy to address the derisory £552 pay award imposed for 2022/23. This follows on from the one-day strikes in April and September that were taken with our sister public service unions.
While this action is targeted within the NICS, it has a wider significance for all public services, with the goal of forcing those with political power to engage with NIPSA about properly funding public services and the pay rises our members deserve.
I call on all NIPSA members to support these workers, many of whom will be taking part in action for the first time.
I would especially encourage those members in the NICS to show support and solidarity with these workers who are shining a light on your pay award. These members are taking a courageous stand for all public servants by bringing the issue of pay injustice to the attention of the politicians.
Please join them on the picket lines.
Details of picket lines will follow.