Fórsa and other public service unions have been in official discussions about the establishment of the independent body charged with addressing the additional working time introduced for many public servants in 2013.

Unions representing healthcare workers, including Fórsa, continue to maintain their focus on ensuring that workers providing a vital function within health care are vaccinated as a priority. 

Fórsa’s head of Health and Welfare Éamonn Donnelly has written to the union’s health branches about the issue of compensatory rest for grade VIIIs and above.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called for an end to forced retirement and a return to a full State retirement pension at age 65. 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has published new guidelines on the prevention of bullying and harassment for trade union activists.

Fórsa has raised concerns over sick leave arrangements for staff who suffer from ‘long Covid.’