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Advice for SNAs
Limited re-opening of schools from 18th May
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Adjusting to remote working
by Róisín McKane

 

 

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Covid-19: Advice to Fórsa members

 

 

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Fórsa: Here to support you

 

 

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Call to include disabled in Covid response
by Hazel Gavigan

 

 

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#HiddenHero teams
by Niall Shanahan

 

 

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Library safety measures demanded
by Mehak Dugal and Bernard Harbor

 

 

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Fórsa advises on schools re-opening
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has made a submission to advise the Department of Education and Skills on contingency planning arrangements for the 2020/21 school year.

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Solution to SNA delays urged
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has urged the education department to allow special needs assistants (SNAs) to provide a service through their existing schools in order to get around delays in transferring staff to the HSE.

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Fórsa opens ‘join online’ feature
by Niall Shanahan
 

From today (Friday 15th May), workers who wish to join Fórsa will be able to do so using a new ‘join online’ function on the union’s website.

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Union guidance on return to workplaces
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has published new guidance for workers who have been working remotely, but may be returning to their workplaces over the coming weeks. 

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Biennial report records union achievements
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s first biennial report was published this week. The report sets out the new union’s activities and achievements over the last two years.

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Over a million need income supports
by Mehak Dugal
 

Well over 1.2 million workers are now dependent on State income supports because of the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

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ESRI critical of covid childcare effort
by Mehak Dugal
 

Providing adequate childcare for essential employees is critical to Ireland’s response to the coronavirus, according to a new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute.

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Tackling food poverty during a pandemic
by Róisín McKane
 

A member of Fórsa’s Boards and Voluntary Agencies branch has led an initiative that’s providing weekly food parcels to 21 extra families during the Covid-19 crisis.

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