In the early hours of Tuesday morning (17th October), just before community and voluntary sector workers were due to begin an indefinite strike action, unions secured an agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), offering a clear path to resolving the long running pay dispute.

Industrial action will commence on Wednesday 25^th of October for clerical and admin members employed by Tusla in grades III to VI.

Industrial action by all clerical admin and managerial Fórsa members in the HSE and Section 38 organisations is set to escalate from next Friday (27th October). The action is in response to the HSE’s unilateral imposition of a moratorium on recruitment and commenced on 6^th October last.

Progress is being made in the Career Pathway dispute related to Health and Social Care Professionals cohorts (HSCPs).

On Wednesday 18^th October Fórsa hosted a one-day conference for Social Care Workers on all aspects of statutory regulation ahead of the opening of the CORU Register for Social Care Workers.