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Council workers prepared to talk - but more strikes possible.
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Tyrone Times (Dungannon, Northern Ireland)
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July 22, 2008
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FURTHER strike action by council employees is a strong possibility over the next few months, according to a Dungannon trade union representative.
Oliver Morgan is NIPSA Branch Secretary for the Dungannon, Cookstown and Magherafelt branch of the union, which represents a number of workers on the local council who took part in a two-day strike last week.
A spokesperson for Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council told the Tyrone Times there had been "little or no disruption" to services, with bins collected as normal, and parks open to the public.
Oliver Morgan, however, warned that unless the government was prepared to engage in negotiations with NIPSA and UNISON ...