More than 150,000 expected to join public sector strike in Northern Ireland

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Public sector workers have launched what is being billed as one of the biggest strikes in Northern Ireland's history amid a dispute over pay and political deadlock.

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18 Jan 2024

Sixteen unions representing nurses, teachers, transport workers, civil servants and other sectors started a joint action on Thursday that was expected to cause widespread disruption across the region.

A last-ditch attempt to revive the moribund Stormont executive failed on Wednesday, leaving a question mark over whether devolution will ever return to Northern Ireland.

The 24-hour action involving up to 170,000 workers – an estimated 80% of the public sector – will shut schools, disrupt hospitals and paralyse buses and trains. Road service workers, including those who grit roads, launched a week-long strike amid icy and snowy conditions, increasing an expectation that many private sector companies will shut for the day.

Pickets and rallies are to be held in Belfast, Derry, Enniskillen and Omagh. Padraig Mulholland, the deputy general secretary of Nipsa, which represents civil