One of the North of Ireland’s largest trade unions has confirmed its bus and rail members will join a major strike next Thursday, January 18.
Unite has said 8,000 members will take part in the industrial action called as part of a long-running dispute over pay.
Unions have billed it as the biggest strike in the history of the North of Ireland.
Teachers, nurses and members of several unions will take part in the “generalised day of action”.
While Unite has said its Translink members will take part in the strike, it is not yet confirmed if they will be joined by members from the GMB and Siptu unions.
Translink workers from all three unions held four days of strike action in December, leading to major disruption to bus and train services.
Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said: “Unite will not allow the livelihoods of workers and the funding of public services to be used as a bargaining chip by this government.”
Some £584 million to address public sector pay issues has been offered by the government as part of a financial package of more than £3.3 billion for the return of the Stormont Executive.
But a pre-Christmas deal to restore Stormont was ruled out in December.
The pay issue has led to a series of strikes by healthcare staff, civil servants, teachers and other workers.
A total of 18 unions will join the industrial day of action over pay.
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