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Youth Committee events news
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Union wants An post job talks
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Fórsa meets Eir management on job cut plans
by NIall Shanahan & Bernard Harbor
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Air traffic controllers oppose privatisation
by Bernard Harbor
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14,000 carers to benefit from free GP care
by Niall Shanahan
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BLOG: When the man with a van is his very own man
by Bernard Harbor
We used to joke that my younger brother Kevin was from the Dutch side of the family. We were Harbors and he was a Van Driver. Geddit?
 
Anyway, he drove a van for a living and one day, much to our surprise, Kevin announced that he was now self-employed.
 
In our late-1980s working class circle, this seemingly entrepreneurial break from the world of employment was as unusual as it was unexpected.
 
Except it wasn’t what it seemed.
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Action on new entrants must be fast-tracked
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has called on the Government to allocate funds in October’s Budget to begin shortening pay scales for ‘new entrants’ to non-commercial semi-state organisations next year. This would be earlier than originally envisaged in the current public sector pay deal, the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA).

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CE supervisors consider industrial action over 10-year pension wait
Community employment supervisors say 10-year wait has been "fruitless"
by Bernard Harbor
 

Community employment (CE) supervisors are considering industrial action in a 10-year dispute over pensions. The 1,250 staff concerned have no access to any occupational pension scheme.

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Aer Lingus warned of possible action over breach of agreement
by Bernard Harbor
 

An emergency motion to Fórsa’s Services & Enterprises Divisional conference called on the union to take action to ensure that Aer Lingus complies with a union-management agreement covering staff consultation.

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Fórsa wins agreement on additional driving testers
Deal will help prevent possible trebling of waiting times
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has reached agreement with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) on the establishment of a panel of additional driver testers to deal with an expected surge in demand for driving tests on foot of proposed new sanctions on car owners who allow their vehicles to be used by unaccompanied learner drivers.

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20% increase in air traffic controller numbers required
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has called for a 20% increase in the number of air traffic controllers to maintain safe services against a background of rising demand for air travel.

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Third terminal would be blow to regional development
Extra Dublin airport terminal would concentrate development in 'overheating' area
by Bernard Harbor
 

Opening a third terminal at Dublin airport would further concentrate tourism and economic development in the overheating greater Dublin area, damaging prospects for balanced regional development, according to Fórsa.

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Fórsa audio bulletin episode 6
by Hazel Gavigan (audio editor)

A special episode focusing on Fórsa's first ever services and enterprises and civil servcie divisional conferences. Starting with the services and enterprises division on the 12th and 13th of April and then the civil service division on the 18th and 19th, we cover some of the main motions discussed over the four days. Presented by Hazel Gavigan and Diarmaid Mac A Bhaird.

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