Fórsa has contacted the Minister for Transport Eamonn Ryan, on behalf of the union’s driver tester members employed by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to alert him to precarious employment practises at the RSA.

A ballot of cabin crew members at Aer Lingus, on a revised pay deal, continues this week. The ballot closes next Tuesday (10^th October).

Fórsa, which represents pilots and winch crew at the Irish Coast Guard Search and Rescue Aviation Service, met this week with management of the new operator of the State’s search-and-rescue (SAR) contract, Bristow Ireland Ltd.

Fórsa’s national executive has backed a core set of priorities for upcoming public service pay talks, and these were subsequently endorsed by the ICTU Public Service Committee (PSC), which represents all ICTU-affiliated unions with members in the civil and public service,