The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), which represents Fórsa and other unions with a collective membership of over 20 million, has condemned the recent Russian attack on Ukraine in the strongest terms.

Recently-published legislation that claims to give workers a right to request remote working arrangement is “fatally flawed” and needs major amendments, according to Fórsa and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

Social protection minister Heather Humphreys has indicated that final proposals for an auto-enrolment pension scheme will go before Government in the coming weeks.

Ireland spends 28% less on pensions and 12% less on family and child welfare when compared to high-income EU countries, according to a major new report on The Irish State Post-Pandemic, which was published by Fórsa last week.

An alliance of trade unions, environmental groups and civil society organisations are set to meet next Thursday (10th March) to discuss how to protect the livelihoods of workers and communities whose jobs are affected by the shift to a low carbon economy.