爱尔兰公共部门工人自2009年以来首次因工资僵局而罢工作者：帕德雷克·哈尔平都柏林，10月14日 - 爱尔兰公共部门大部分在周三陷入停摆，工人举行了自2009年金融危机高峰以来该国首次广泛性罢工，原因是工人与政府在工资谈判条款上存在争议。
Irish public sector workers strike for first time since 2009 over pay deadlock By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Oct 14 - Much of Ireland's public sector ground to a halt on Wednesday as workers staged the country's first widespread strike since the height of the financial crisis in 2009, in a dispute with the government over the terms of pay talks.
大约30万名教师、卫生工作者、公务员及其他公共部门雇员在包括议会在内的工作场所进行了罢工示威，因为工会和部长们数月来未能就公共部门加薪谈判的基础达成一致。
Around 300,000 teachers, health workers, civil servants and other public sector employees picketed workplaces including parliament, after trade unions and ministers failed for months to agree on the basis for negotiations on public sector pay rises.
“一天结束时几乎没有剩余的钱，而我们的工资一直停滞不前，”来自都柏林南部圣文森特医院外抗议的护士米歇尔说。经过时的汽车鸣笛表示支持。
"There's very little money left over at the end of the day and our wages have always been a little bit static," said Michelle, a nurse who was protesting outside St. Vincent's hospital in south Dublin. Cars beeped in support as they drove by.
这位拒绝透露姓氏的怀孕单身母亲表示，她和丈夫不得不决定先付哪些账单，哪些账单推迟。她开车往返工作地点30公里（19英里）的通勤成本因燃油价格上涨而大幅增加。
The pregnant mother-of-one, who declined to give her surname, said she and her husband were having to choose which bills to pay and which to put off. The cost of her 30-kilometre (19-mile) round trip to work by car soared due to rising fuel prices.
“你是在从彼得那里借钱来付保罗的账。对我们来说，这已经不可持续了。”基本服务，包括急诊医院部门，将在周三继续维持，而公共交通将正常运行。消防和救护车服务将减少运营，医院警告称将出现“显著且广泛”的中断，数千项手术被取消。谈判中出现进展迹象工会坚持认为工资必须高于通胀，并且必须在其他问题（如生产率）之前得到解决，理由是工人面临的生活成本压力。部长们拒绝了这些条件，称这代表了对先前协议的背离。
"You're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. It's just not sustainable for us anymore." Essential services, including emergency hospital departments, will be maintained on Wednesday, while public transport will operate as normal. Fire and ambulance services will run a reduced service, and hospitals have warned of "significant and widespread" disruption, with thousands of procedures cancelled. SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS Unions insist pay must outstrip inflation and be addressed before other issues, such as productivity, citing cost-of-living pressures on workers. Ministers rejected those conditions saying they represent a break with previous agreements.
工会领导人还对四月份抗议燃油价格的示威者通过封锁石油基础设施从政府那里获得让步表示愤怒，并当时警告称，他们的谈判策略将反映“新的交往规则”。
Union leaders also expressed anger when fuel protesters won concessions from government by blockading oil infrastructure in April, warning at the time that their bargaining strategy would reflect the "new rules of engagement".
自2009年因深度削减工资引发罢工以来，一系列工资协议一直维持着工业和平。虽然爱尔兰的经济和公共财政在欧洲名列前茅，但高物价已经侵蚀了许多这些成果。
A series of pay agreements has maintained industrial peace since the deep pay cuts that prompted the 2009 walkout. While Ireland's economy and public finances are among the strongest in Europe, high prices have eroded many of those gains.
周三，双方出现了进展的迹象，爱尔兰工会大会公共服务委员会主席凯文·卡利南表示，政府表示可以先讨论工资的言论给予了“一些乐观的理由。”总理米歇尔·马丁表示，他欢迎工会领导人的“语气和态度”。如果僵局未被打破，第二次罢工日定于10月21日星期三举行。
There were signs of progress between the sides on Wednesday as Kevin Callinan, chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions public services committee, said comments by government that pay could be discussed first gave "some grounds for optimism." Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he welcomed "the tone and disposition" of union leaders. A second strike day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, if the impasse is not broken.