https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/ en-us 31 Jul 2026 08:51:27 IST 31 Jul 2026 08:51:27 IST https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/rss.xml Newsweaver Noreply@forsatradeunion.nw008.com (Fórsa trade union) support@newsweaver.ie (Newsweaver) 60 true https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/12ecwb37fc9?lang=en&rss=true Good morning colleagues, The Indo reports this morning on Fórsa Cabin Crew's response to the engagement with Aer Lingus this week. 02 Jul 2021 12:00:00 IST 5344d66c8f6f976ba718637235d4b2e9 Articles A Niall Shanahan <p><span style="color: #000000;">Good morning colleagues,</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The Indo reports this morning on Fórsa Cabin Crew's response to the engagement with Aer Lingus this week.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Anne-Marie Walsh <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/130nuog9hkj/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reports on developments this week at Aer Lingus</a>, and this morning's member news bulletins will also carry that story, in addition to news on the union's non-cooperation instruction to SNAs, the Fórsa  ballot for public service industrial action and the engagement yesterday between unions and Government on outstanding local bargaining claims.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Elsewhere, the Irish Times reports that <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/fum1yi08vrr/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aer Lingus lost €34 million in the six months ended June 30th</a> <em>"as it battled higher fuel costs and increased competition"</em>, while public expenditure minister Jack Chambers <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/cg9k7pcr46h/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">has published the Mid-Year Expenditure Report 2026</a>: <em>"an assessment of public expenditure trends and outlines the expenditure context and approach, ahead of Budget 2027."</em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">In The Irish Times, Margaret E Ward <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/6vfq1898pfq/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">writes about the growing problem of wage inequality</a>: <em>"We are working harder than ever and the data shows workers have never been so productive, but our wages and salaries haven’t matched our efforts for decades," </em>while Emma Jacobs writes in the same paper about <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/k9lp6bajms3/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">how workers are nostalgic for life before artificial intelligence</a>, and that many white-collar professionals "<em>worry about the tech inhibiting creativity and making errors.</em>"</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Mick Heaney's radio column this week <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/190hyjo1bi6/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">charts the nation's joy for Mayo and it's grief for Glen Hansard</a> in a week that will likely be long remembered.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Glen has formed part of the fabric of the Dublin I've known most of my life. His absence is, and will remain, deeply felt. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Your Zen this morning is a song I only listened to for the first time yesterday, recorded at Berlin's Funkhaus studio one. <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/1fh1o4eqpzx/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Don't Settle</a>.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Have a great weekend, and a lovely August, stay well. The briefing will be back in September.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtOZG1Zs-uo?si=UhJqrGFthwxrfjRB" width="100%" height="315" frameborder="0" align="left" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe></p> Fórsa news here