'Mother of all strikes' off

But it has since emerged that the strike has been called off as negotiations with the Department of Public Service Management (DPSM) continued into the  night yesterday.

The unions say they have been at loggerheads with the employer over many issues among them the establishment of the bargaining council, the thresh-hold of allowing unions recognition, the two days the unions say are owed their members, leave concession for workers who converted to industrial class and teachers' working hours.