Industry and Employment Correspondent
The proposed public service agreement 'Building Momentum' is now certain to be ratified tomorrow after the largest public service union Fórsa voted to back it by a margin of almost 96%.
The turnout was just over 58%.
Today's vote means that the four largest unions - Fórsa, SIPTU, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish National Teachers Organisation - have all backed the two-year agreement.
This means a majority in favour is guaranteed in tomorrow's aggregate vote by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
The ratification will come as a relief to the Government, as it should deliver certainty in pay and industrial relations for the next two years as it combats the consequences of Covid-19 and Brexit.