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Fórsa cycles for mental health
by Róisín McKane
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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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Survey aims to understand masculinity
by Mehak Dugal
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Housing crisis meetings planned
by Mark Corcoran
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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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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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Blended work framework agreed
by Mehak Dugal
 

A new local authority blended working framework, which gives all council staff the right to apply for remote or blended work arrangements, has been welcomed by Fórsa.

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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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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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Just transition commission needed to protect workers
by Niall Shanahan
 

Members of the union-backed Just Transition Alliance met environment minister Eamon Ryan at the end of May to press for the immediate establishment of a National Just Transition Commission.

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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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