Also in this issue
 
Update your contact details
Read more »
 
Covid-19: Guidance on returning to your workplace
Read more
 
Fórsa summer series continues
Read more »
 
Guest blog: SLTs and the Covid response
Read more
 
Free salary protection offer extended
Read more »
 
Join Fórsa online
Read more »
 
Fórsa: Here to support you
Read more »
What do you think?
Your Fórsa bulletin is produced by the Fórsa Communications Unit, with input from across the union. We welcome your comments and suggestions for stories to cover.
Over a million have coronavirus app
by Niall Shanahan
 

More than a million people have now downloaded the Covid-19 tracker app, which was launched by the HSE on Tuesday.

Read more »
LikeLike (0) | Facebook Twitter
Remote work puts spotlight on working time
by Bernard Harbor
 

The anticipated move towards more widespread remote working is an opportunity to look afresh at issues around working time and work-life balance, according to Fórsa.

Read more »
LikeLike (3) | Facebook Twitter
Covid homeless response impresses
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Dublin’s homelessness and drug support workers have outperformed predicted best-case scenarios for Covid-19 mortality rates among the homeless and drug using populations, it has emerged.

Read more »
LikeLike (0) | Facebook Twitter
Cervical tests resume with large backlog
by Mehak Dugal
 

Ireland’s CervicalCheck programme has restarted after a 17-week suspension due to Covid-19. The HSE expects cervical smear appointments suspended during the coronavirus period to be completed by the end of October.

Read more »
LikeLike (2) | Facebook Twitter
Higgins calls for equality in reconstruction
by Bernard Harbor
 

Post-pandemic economic reconstruction is an opportunity to create a more equal society where all work is valued, according to president Michael D Higgins.

Read more »
LikeLike (0) | Facebook Twitter
State supports underpinning incomes
by Bernard Harbor
 

Over a million people are still dependent on State income supports, according to official figures, although 63,000 stopped claiming the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) last week.

Read more »
LikeLike (0) | Facebook Twitter
Unions condemn West Bank land-grab
by Mehak Dugal
 

Irish trade unions have joined the global condemnation of Israel’s plan to annex substantial parts of the West Bank and the Jordan valley this month.

Read more »
LikeLike (2) | Facebook Twitter