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6.% increase over 2 years
Members of Siptu and Forsa trade unions are the latest to back the public sector pay deal.
The agreement was supported overwhelmingly by the membership of both unions.
It provides for a 6.5% increase in pay over two years for workers.
ICTU's Public Services Committee will meet tomorrow to consider the outcome of ballots held by all public sector unions on the agreement.
SIPTU's Deputy General Secretary, John King, says workers will benefit from the deal struck:
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