Industry and Employment Correspondent
SIPTU has warned that its members in local authority water services will take industrial action up to and including strike action if the government attempts to impose measures to transfer them to the Irish Water utility without agreement.
It s after a document circulated by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government suggested that a framework for the future delivery of water services must be concluded by the end of July and fully implemented during 2022.
The framework would include transferring local authority water personnel to the Irish Water utility.
It also implied that if agreement were not reached, an outcome might have to be imposed.