Ratusan ribu pekerja melakukan aksi mogok di seluruh Republik Irlandia

More than 300,000 workers, including nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants, are on strike across the Republic of Ireland.

It comes amid an ongoing pay dispute between public sector workers and the Irish government, with a further strike planned on 21 October.

It is expected schools could be closed with hospital appointments cancelled and picket lines formed across the country during the 24-hour strike.

At the end of September, more than 100,000 workers, including nurses, school staff and civil servants, moved to work-to-rule measures.

At the start of October, primary and secondary school teachers in the Republic began work-to-rule action.

Previously almost 97% of Fórsa members, who voted in an industrial ballot, did so in favour of action. It is the Republic's biggest public service union.

Strike action is taking place across the Republic of Ireland

Brendan O'Brien divisional organiser of SIPTU, which represents public sector health and administration workers, previously said the "goodwill" of workers was a large part of what kept public services going.

However, he said the Irish government's failure to establish a basis for formal talks "left our members with no alternative but to act collectively".

On Tuesday Jack Chambers, the Republic's minister for expenditure, described the strike action as "deeply disappointing" saying it would cause significant disruption to the economy, with thousands of hospital appointments set to be cancelled and schools closed.

Public sector workers outside Leinster House in Dublin

Dawn Hutchings-Walsh is a teacher at Hartstown Community School in Dublin, and commutes from County Wicklow every day.

Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTÉ she said the "pay just isn't stretching the way that it used to".

Her colleague Sinéad McCarthy said she had to take a career break and move to Dubai for a couple of years to save money for a deposit.

"It's just not feasible in Ireland to be able to save for a house considering the circumstances and the money that we are on here in this country," she said.

Linda Kelly is the general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) said teachers are "really struggling in terms of their pay".

"They don't feel like the government is taking them seriously, there's a lot of disappointment with the laissez-faire approach from government over the last couple of months.

"There's been ample time to solve this issue and the government has sat on its hands and this is the result now," Kelly told RTÉ.

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Lebih dari 300.000 pekerja, termasuk perawat, dokter, guru, dan pegawai negeri, melakukan aksi mogok kerja di seluruh Republik Irlandia.

Aksi ini terjadi di tengah perselisihan upah yang masih berlangsung antara pekerja sektor publik dan pemerintah Irlandia, dengan rencana mogok kerja lanjutan pada 21 Oktober.

Diperkirakan sekolah-sekolah akan ditutup, jadwal janji temu rumah sakit dibatalkan, dan garis piket dibentuk di seluruh negeri selama mogok kerja 24 jam tersebut.

Pada akhir September, lebih dari 100.000 pekerja, termasuk perawat, staf sekolah, dan pegawai negeri, beralih ke tindakan kerja sesuai aturan (work-to-rule).

Pada awal Oktober, guru sekolah dasar dan menengah di Republik Irlandia memulai aksi kerja sesuai aturan.

Sebelumnya, hampir 97% anggota Fórsa, yang memberikan suara dalam pemungutan suara industrial, menyatakan dukungan terhadap aksi tersebut. Fórsa adalah serikat pegawai negeri terbesar di Republik Irlandia.

Aksi mogok kerja berlangsung di seluruh Republik Irlandia

Brendan O'Brien, penyelenggara divisi SIPTU, yang mewakili pekerja kesehatan dan administrasi sektor publik, sebelumnya mengatakan bahwa "iktikad baik" para pekerja merupakan bagian besar dari apa yang menjaga layanan publik tetap berjalan.

Namun, ia mengatakan kegagalan pemerintah Irlandia untuk membangun dasar bagi perundingan formal "membuat anggota kami tidak memiliki pilihan selain bertindak secara kolektif".

Pada Selasa, Jack Chambers, menteri pengeluaran Republik Irlandia, menggambarkan aksi mogok kerja tersebut sebagai "sangat mengecewakan" dan mengatakan hal itu akan menyebabkan gangguan signifikan terhadap perekonomian, dengan ribuan janji temu rumah sakit akan dibatalkan dan sekolah-sekolah ditutup.

Pekerja sektor publik di luar Leinster House di Dublin

Dawn Hutchings-Walsh adalah seorang guru di Hartstown Community School di Dublin, dan setiap hari bepergian dari County Wicklow.

Berbicara kepada penyiar Irlandia RTÉ, ia mengatakan "upahnya saja tidak cukup untuk bertahan seperti dulu".

Rekannya, Sinéad McCarthy, mengatakan ia harus mengambil cuti karier dan pindah ke Dubai selama beberapa tahun untuk menabung uang muka.

"Tidak mungkin di Irlandia untuk bisa menabung membeli rumah mengingat keadaan dan uang yang kami dapatkan di negara ini," katanya.

Linda Kelly, sekretaris jenderal Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), mengatakan para guru "benar-benar kesulitan dalam hal upah mereka".

"Mereka merasa pemerintah tidak menganggap mereka serius, ada banyak kekecewaan terhadap pendekatan laissez-faire dari pemerintah selama beberapa bulan terakhir.

"Sudah ada cukup waktu untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini dan pemerintah hanya berdiam diri dan inilah hasilnya sekarang," kata Kelly kepada RTÉ.

Dokter residen melakukan aksi mogok kerja terkait upah