SETTLING the public service workers’ pay dispute with a tribunal will be a waste of money, it was claimed yesterday.

FURTHER strike action will take place if the States does not back down and resume pay talks with public service workers.

UNOFFICIAL strike action is set to grip Guernsey on Monday.

UNIONS fear that mounting financial pressure on the States could seriously hinder pay negotiations for teachers, nurses and civil servants.

KEEP away, put your fingers in your ears and sing loudly ‘We are not listening’ was the advice from the outgoing chairman of the Public Sector Remuneration Committee when the Unite union invited States members to attend a meeting.