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Children’s disability services meetings planned

 

 

 

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Family fun day planned
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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Traveller event stresses union role
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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International solidarity event for November
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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Unions support Colombian rights
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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Parents guidance on school starts
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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Stronger whistleblower law welcomed
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

 

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Admin staff due 1% pay adjustment
by Bernard Harbor
 

Health service clerical, administrative and management staff are among the workers set to receive a 1% pay adjustment with effect from 1st February 2022. 

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Strikes set for community and voluntary services
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has served notice of one-day strike actions in Galway community and voluntary sector agencies later this month. 

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Special recognition payment delay criticised
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa, and other health unions are seeking an urgent meeting with the health department to address the failure to pay the pandemic special recognition payment to staff in section 39 agencies, the children’s agency Tusla and other areas.

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CORU fitness-to-practise session planned
 

Fórsa national secretary Linda Kelly has taken over responsibility for the defence of fitness to practise complaints against Fórsa members.

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Galway rally: "Fund us fairly, pay us right"
by Niall Shanahan
 

Hundreds of members and supporters gathered in Galway last Saturday (27th August) for Fórsa ’s Fund Us Fairly, Pay Us Right rally, which called for pay fairness for social care professionals who deliver disability, homeless and other care services in Galway's community and voluntary sector.

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Bereavement supports for health workers
by Róisín McKane
 

The HSE has teamed up with the Irish Hospice Foundation to launch a new campaign to support healthcare workers struggling with bereavement, grief and loss.

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Housing: Referendum urgently needed
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has called for an urgent Government commitment to a referendum on the right to housing, with a firm date for voting, in its latest submission on the issue.

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Congress wants higher minimum wage
by Róisín McKane
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called on the Government to increase the national minimum wage from €10.50 to €12 per hour in this month’s budget.

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Inflation hits low paid hardest
by Mehak Dugal
 

Workers on lower incomes face a higher rate of inflation than the average according to a recent report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). 

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