Unprecedented mobilisation

Workers across Northern Ireland engaged in a one-day strike to say ‘enough is enough – hands off our public services’.

The strike on Friday (March 13) called in response to the Stormont ‘austerity budget’, saw an unprecedented mobilisation of public sector workers across a wide range of workplaces.

“From our soundings over the past number of weeks, as well as from the strike ballots, we knew there would be a good turnout – but the scale of today’s response took us by surprise, as did the overwhelming support shown by members of the public,” said Unite deputy regional secretary Jackie Pollock.

Unite’s public sector members in Northern Ireland (pictured below) turned out in droves at picket lines across the region.