Fórsa members' news bulletin: Education

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Fórsa welcomes education gender taskforce
by Roisin McKane

Fórsa has welcomed the recent establishment of a gender equality taskforce for higher education.

Keeping you in touch
by Bernard Harbor

Fórsa has developed a full suite of publications for union members.

Fórsa appointment to IT Tallaght

Compulsory public service retirement age raised
by Bernard Harbor

The Government is to legislate to allow public servants who are currently obliged to retire at age 65 to opt to stay in work longer.

Sex harassment law change sought
by Sean Carabini

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is seeking legal changes to make it easier for victims to report sexually abusive behaviour in the workplace.

Coalition seeks pension cut reversal
by Bernard Harbor

Fórsa joined a broad coalition in a demonstration to demand the reversal of 2012 pension cuts.

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Education staff get new year pay boost
by Bernard Harbor

Public servants working in the education sector are due a 1% pay increase with effect from 1st January 2018, under the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) negotiated by Fórsa and other public service unions. The PSSA will deliver income restoration worth over 7% of salary to more than 70% of public servants between now and 2020.

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Fórsa clears final hurdle
by Bernard Harbor

The final piece of the Fórsa jigsaw was put in place on 2nd January, when the Registrar for Friendly Societies confirmed that the new union was registered and cleared to start work on behalf of more than 80,000 members.

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Working time window opens
by Derek Mullen

Public servants who want to revert to ‘pre-Haddington Road’ working hours – with a pro-rata salary reduction – can apply to do so between now and April 2018.

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Protections won on technological universities
by Niall Shanahan

Fórsa has secured the terms and working conditions of members working in the institutes of technology sector as the Technological Universities Bill gets set to combine the strength of the institutes of technology across the country, in order to develop top class technological universities.

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Fórsa makes the case for School Completion Programme
Union will bring issue to oversight body
by Niall Shanahan

Deputy general secretary Kevin Callinan has written to officials at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to demand progress on the regularisation of terms and conditions for staff in the School Completion Programme (SCP).

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