A general meeting of Fórsa’s local authority technicians has welcomed progress on restructuring and regrading claims in a number of local authorities. Last week’s meeting also reviewed draft terms of reference for a review of the role of technicians in local councils.

The meeting heard reports from individual restructurings of technician grades in Dublin City council and other local authorities. It also elected the following officers to the union’s Technicians’ Vocational Group: John Melvin, Chairperson (Dublin City Council Branch); Dermot Nugent, Secretary (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Branch); Milo Lowry, Treasurer (Longford Branch).