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Help end trade with occupied territories
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

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No profit on pandemic
by Róisín McKane

 

 

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Tánaiste promises living wage
by Bernard Harbor

 

 

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Billy Hannigan retires
by Róisín McKane

 

 

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Fórsa cycles for mental health
by Róisín McKane

 

 

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Just transition commission needed to protect workers
by Niall Shanahan

 

 

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Housing crisis meetings planned
by Mark Corcoran

 

 

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Your Fórsa bulletin is produced by the Fórsa Communications Unit, with input from across the union. We welcome your comments and suggestions for stories to cover.
Union slams delays announcing 1,100 extra SNA posts
by Bernard Harbor
 

There will be 1,100 new special needs assistant (SNA) posts in the 2022-2023 school year, with SNA allocations in mainstream classes frozen for the third successive year.

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Union strength regains HRA hours
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has achieved final confirmation that working time is to be restored to pre-austerity levels for most public servants from 1st July.

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Fórsa welcomes scrapping of special education centres
by Mark Corcoran
 

Fórsa has welcomed the decision not to proceed with the establishment of proposed special education centres.

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Pay ‘sole focus’ in public service talks
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan has said pay and living standards are the “sole focus” for the union in public service talks, which formally got underway in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) last week.

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Staff will change jobs to work remotely
by Mehak Dugal
 

A third of workers would move jobs if they were not able to access remote and flexible work, a new national remote working survey has revealed. It also found 33% of workers indicating that they’d change jobs even if it meant a pay cut or fewer promotion opportunities.

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Ukraine appeal raised €500,000
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa last week presented cheques worth a total of half a million Euro (€500,000) to two organisations providing humanitarian relief to people displaced by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.

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Survey aims to understand masculinity
by Mehak Dugal
 

The Men’s Development Network (MDN) has launched a major survey that aims to establish a better understanding of male concepts of masculinity and gender.

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Supporting family carers, a trade union perspective
by Niall Shanahan
 

The latest episode of the CAREWELL Conversations podcast looks at how trade unions can represent working family carers and help raise awareness of the challenges they face in the workplace.

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