Mary Lou McDonald: “The survivors walked a long road that you should never have had to walk.”

You've known since June that a new pay deal had to be struck with the public sector workers. We find ourselves almost four months on, at the eleventh hour, on the brink of this strike action tomorrow. The reason we are here is because of a…

The decision is utterly reckless.

This is madness. This, in fact, is primitive treatment of any community in the year 2026. It is intolerable, and it will not be tolerated.

Burying his head in the sand is not a plan, is not a strategy, is not wise, and is not acceptable to us.