Fórsa’s members in the civil service are being asked this week to help distribute an important message to their colleagues. The union is currently updating its database system, ensuring that members’ contact details are up to date.

The union is appealing to members who receive the bulletin to share this message - and the accompanying video message - with their civil service colleagues, as a matter of urgency.

Fórsa’s deputy general secretary Eoin Ronayne explained: “A significant number of Fórsa’s civil service division members don’t have a contact email address included in the details they submitted when they joined the union, while others have provided work email addresses, which means that union messages can often be quarantined or filtered by their employer’s computer systems.

“The drive is now on to ensure that we have a complete record of contact details for every member. This is going to be particularly important if we are to ballot members on a possible national pay agreement at the conclusion of the current talks process. This could happen in the coming weeks, depending on the progress of those talks,” he said.

Eoin said it was especially important for members to include a personal email address, which is much more effective than a work email address. “It’s now far more commonplace for people to use a personal email address as a hub for all their various subscriptions, particularly as so many people are now using smartphones.

“It gives people greater control over the data and messages they receive, and it means your union can reach you quickly and easily, keeping you up to date with the latest information, and bypassing the risk of messages being lost in your employer’s computer system,” he said. 

Fórsa member Donna Mooney, of the Revenue Officers branch, features in the union’s video message. She said: “Fórsa wants to ensure your voice is heard, and to make sure your vote in any upcoming ballot is counted, so it’s vital that your union can make contact with you.”

To update your details quickly and easily visit the ‘update my details’ page' on the Fórsa website and complete the online form, and view the video message HERE. 

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Please share this message with your work colleagues and union friends, by email or through social media, you can view the accompanying video message here or in the panel below.

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