Fórsa is to write the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), which represents local authority employers, to identify additional measures required to ensure the safety of council workplaces as they reopen under the Government’s ‘roadmap for reopening society and business.’

Fórsa has welcomed this week’s (Monday’s) decision by Dublin City councillors to defer a proposed sale of a Ballymount waste recycling facility. The decision was shelved until a study looking at bringing the capital’s refuse and waste services back into public control is completed.

Fórsa yesterday (Thursday) sought commitments over the enforcement of social distancing and other Covid-19 safety measures when libraries begin to open from 8^th June.

Well over 1.2 million workers are now dependent on State income supports because of the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

A member of Fórsa’s Boards and Voluntary Agencies branch has led an initiative that’s providing weekly food parcels to 21 extra families during the Covid-19 crisis. Crosscare youth worker and union activist John O’Hara saw a marked increase in the demand for support since the onset of the virus, and sought donations to fund additional aid for families.

From today (Friday 15^th May), workers who wish to join Fórsa will be able to do so using a new ‘join online’ function on the union’s website.

Fórsa’s first biennial report was published this week. The report sets out the new union’s activities and achievements over the last two years.