MAIN POINTS AND HOW UNIONS STAND ON PROPOSALS
TRADE UNIONS THAT HAVE VOTED TO ACCEPT THE DEAL:
PSEURepresenting mid-grade civil servants;
AHCPSSenior civil servants;
VOAVeterinary officers;
UCATTCraft union;
IMODoctors (has accepted deal without a ballot);
INTOPrimary school teachers.
TRADE UNIONS THAT HAVE VOTED TO REJECT THE DEAL:
CPSULower-paid civil servants;
TUITeaching union;
ASTISecondary teachers;
UNIONS WHERE BALLOTS ARE UNDER WAY:
Siptu Staff in health, education and local authorities;
Impact Staff in health, education, civil service and local authorities;
Unite Staff in local authorities, health and education;
TEEUCraft union;
INMONurses and midwives;
OPATSIPlasterers' union;
MLSALaboratory scientists;
BatuBuilding workers;
IFUTUniversity teachers;
POAPrison officers.
MAIN ELEMENTS:
No pay cuts until at least 2014;
No change in the arrangements for indexation of pensions for public service pensioners and serving public servants at least until 2014;
Significant cost-saving across the public service;
Review of extent of savings generated to be held in spring 2011 to determine if scope exists for any reimbursement of pay cuts; Substantial reduction in public service numbers in year ahead;
No compulsory redundancies but flexible redeployment arrangements necessary;
Unified public service labour market to be created;
Merit-based promotion;
Promotion and incremental progression based on performance; Industrial peace clause.