工会拒绝政府最后一刻挽留 爱尔兰近二十年首次公共部门大罢工周三如期举行
2026年10月12日星期一，爱尔兰公共部门近二十年来首次大罢工确定如期举行。工会方面拒绝了政府在最后一刻为避免停工所作的努力，约30万名教师、医护人员、公务员等公共部门雇员将于10月14日星期三举行一天罢工。这将是自2009年金融危机高峰以来首次出现这种规模的公共部门停工。
争议的焦点是进入薪酬谈判的前提。工会数月来主张，由于生活成本压力，必须先谈定薪酬条件再讨论生产率等其他议题；部长们拒绝这一条件，认为它偏离了以往的协议做法。公共支出部长杰克·钱伯斯周一在致工会领导人的信中敦促推迟罢工，并表示薪酬问题可以而且应该与其他事项一并优先讨论。
爱尔兰工会大会公共服务委员会主席表示，工会领导人看不出这封信对钱伯斯的立场有任何改变，也不构成推迟罢工的理由，工会方面已告知部长这一判断。教师工会表示，其全体会员将于周三与数十万公共部门同事一同撤出劳动。
罢工当天，急诊等基本服务将维持，公共交通不受影响；消防与救护服务将缩减运行，医院已警告会出现显著而广泛的干扰，常规手术将被取消，学校将停课。第二轮罢工定于10月21日星期三。工会要求新协议弥补过去几年工资与通胀的差距，并保证协议期内工资不落后于生活水平。
Unions Reject Late Government Bid; First Major Public Sector Strike Since 2009 to Go Ahead
Much of Ireland's public sector is set to go on strike on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, for the first time since the height of the country's financial crisis in 2009, after trade unions on Monday rejected a late bid by the government to avert the stoppage. Some 300,000 teachers, health workers, civil servants and other public workers plan to hold the one-day strike.
The deadlock is between unions and the government on the basis for entering talks on public sector pay rises. Unions have for months argued that pay terms must be agreed before other issues, such as productivity, were discussed, due to cost-of-living pressures. Ministers have rejected this condition and say it represents a break from previous deals. In a letter to union leaders on Monday urging them to postpone the strike, Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers said pay issues can and should be discussed as a priority alongside other matters.
The chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions public services committee said union leaders could not see how this represented any change in the minister's position or provided a basis for postponement, and the minister was informed of that view. The teachers' union INTO said all its members will withdraw their labour on Wednesday together with their fellow public servants.
Essential services such as emergency hospital departments will be maintained on Wednesday and public transport will also be unaffected. However, fire and ambulance services will run a reduced service, and hospitals have warned of significant and widespread disruption, with routine procedures cancelled and schools closed. A second strike day is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 October. Unions want any new deal to cover the gap between pay and inflation over previous years and ensure wages do not fall behind living standards over the duration of the deal.
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