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Little progress on water services
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Fórsa has asked the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to help develop a ‘roadmap,’ with milestones for progress in future negotiations between Irish Water, the local government department and water unions.

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Councils snub Labour Court on job evaluation
by Hazel Gavigan and Bernard Harbor
 

The prospect of industrial action over local authority employers’ refusal to discuss a job evaluation scheme for clerical and admin staff in the sector has increased after their representative body refused to attend a Labour Court hearing on the issue.

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Fórsa tables waste remunicipalisation proposal
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Fórsa and other unions in Dublin City Council have developed a new waste management proposal off the back of a cross-party composite motion calling for the remunicipalisation of household waste services. The motion was passed last July.

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Progress on civil defence and arts officers
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Fórsa’s claim for the appointment of assistant civil defence officers in every local authority has been supported by the Local Government Management Agency, which represents local authority employers.

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Unions want pay gap law movement
by Hazel Gavigan
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has teamed up with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) to jointly demand that the Government commits to passing the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill before Christmas.

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