The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union has said its public sector members will be out on the streets if they do not get a clear indication of how and when pay cuts from their salaries will be returned.
Arriving for a meeting of the ICTU Executive Council, Eamon Devoy said he would also expect all other unions to be out on the streets making a sacrifice to achieve their goal, rather than inflicting hardship on the public as a way of resolving their problem.
The TEEU, which represents around 1,200 craft workers in the public service, has recommended rejection of the Croke Park agreement.
The Executive Council of ICTU will discuss the Croke Park pay and reform agreement at its meeting today - although strategic decisions are not expected to be made until the Public Sector Committee meets next week.
So far a majority of union executives have recommended that their members should reject the proposals.
However, while the Government has ruled out any renegotiation of the agreement, it is hoped that a process of clarification can be established to allay certain fears by union members.
Blair Horan of the Civil Public and Services Union said the so-called get out of jail clause, which would allow the Government to opt out of the deal in the event of an unforeseen economic crisis, was causing huge difficulty.
He also said there was not enough of an onus on management to work the agreement to secure savings to guarantee the restoration of pay levels, especially for the low paid.
He said he expected the ratification to be decided one way or another over the next number of weeks.
He said that if you looked at the executive recommendations so far, the agreement would be rejected.
However, he suspected there would be a few twists in this yet.
John White of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, which is recommending rejection, confirmed that if deal were passed on aggregate, but his members rejected it, they would not be bound by the aggregate decision.
However, he said he believed in resolving problems, adding that preserving a sense of unity was far more important for the trade union movement, at a time when many people wanted to divide them.
