Public service union Impact today urged its 60,000 members to accept the proposed national pay deal, it emerged today.
The draft wage agreement was agreed by employers and unions earlier this month after missing several deadlines set by the Government.
The Ictu executive will meet in Dublin tomorrow to make preparations for a ballot of its members which is expected to take several weeks.
Impact general secretary Peter McLoone said the proposed wage agreement deal would help stabilise the economy and protect incomes in a difficult economic period.
The wage deal delivers a 6 per cent page rise over 21 months with an extra 0.5 per cent for low paid workers. However public servants will have a 11-month pay freeze.
"Most public servants understand the prevailing economic realities and want to protect services in a time of tight public finances," Mr McLoone said.
"This is the best deal available in the current economic climate and that it represents a tangible and responsible contribution to dealing with the challenges we face as workers, as public servants, and as a nation - including protecting employment and living standards," he said.
The package also contains a Government commitment to early legislation to bolster the rights of union members in non-union companies. Proposed new laws will also stop anti-union employers offering inducements aimed at forcing people to give up their union membership.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) will hold an Executive Council meeting tomorrow to set a date for a Special Delegate Conference to formally vote on the proposed deal.
The Construction Industry Federation said earlier this week that it would be unable to pay wage increases to its 200,000 staff. Citing the collapse in the housing market, CIF is to vote on the issue on October 21st.
A delegation from the CIF including president Hank Fogarty and director general Tom Parlon will meet Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan on Monday.