Irish Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pay
Hundreds of thousands of Irish public sector workers have launched their first widespread strike since 2009 amid a bitter pay dispute with the government. Teachers, health workers, and civil servants walked off the job as unions demand wages outpace inflation.
Around 300,000 public sector workers across Ireland stopped work on Wednesday in the country's first major strike since 2009. Teachers, health workers, and civil servants walked out after months of failed pay talks with the government. The dispute threatens essential services as unions demand wage increases that outstrip inflation.
Trade unions insist pay must rise before addressing productivity, citing soaring cost-of-living pressures. Ministers rejected those terms as a breach of previous agreements.
