Main pic: Retained firefighters who recently met with councillors of the Letterkenny-Milford MD during their strike action at Letterkenny PSC.
Retained firefighters have voted to accept proposals from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) aimed at resolving a dispute over pay and conditions.
In a ballot of SIPTU members, 63% voted in favour of the deal according to RTE News.
Since June, around 2,000 retained firefighters had been engaged in a rolling campaign of industrial action, with pickets placed across 200 retained fire stations.
Last month, they suspended their industrial action after agreement was reached at the WRC.
Members of the retained service are part-time firefighters who receive an annual retainer for being on-call.
Under the WRC agreement, new recruits will enter the service with guaranteed minimum earnings of just over €18,000.
Guaranteed earnings for firefighters with more than eight years of service will be over €21,000.
Station officers will have secure minimum earnings of between €27,256 and €31,511.
As part of the deal, there will also be a reduction in the requirement for members of the part-time service to be available from 48 weeks to 24 weeks, with an option to be available more frequently on a voluntary basis.
