Fórsa has welcomed the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications Networks, which has called for the development of a national aviation policy, the maintenance of income supports in the sector, 

Fórsa’s elected National Executive met earlier this week and decided overwhelmingly to recommend acceptance of the proposed new public service agreement, Building Momentum.

New CSO figures published earlier this month demonstrate the need for Government to continue to stimulate the economy through income supports, business supports and public investment, according to Fórsa. 

Cork and Dublin airport workers could have their pay fully restored from next March if a Covid-19 vaccine helps revive air travel in 2021.

The union’s National Executive has approved the appointment of Katie Morgan as national secretary and Ashley Connolly as national secretary in due course. 

The cabinet has finally approved an increase in parent’s leave from two to five weeks for each parent, but says this can’t happen until April 2021 because IT systems need to be updated to make it possible.

If accepted, the proposed new public service agreement won’t immediately resolve the longstanding injustice of the so-called ‘Haddington Road hours’ in State agencies. But it’s a major breakthrough nonetheless.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called on the Government to give all workers a legal right to request flexible working arrangements, including remote work.