Fórsa is calling on branches to support the union’s annual toy appeal for Temple Street Children’s Hospital, which is located next to the union’s head office in Dublin.
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Fórsa is supporting a Bill calling for the introduction of a reproductive health leave scheme to support members managing early pregnancy loss, fertility treatments and other reproductive health related matters.
Fórsa successfully represented a school secretary based in a school in Munster, who was being pressurised to sign a contract which would have enshrined a retirement age of 66, without any objective justification for same.
The Commencement Order for the Sick Leave Act 2022 was signed last week (29th November) by the Tánaiste, and Minister for of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar.
ICTU president and Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan led the trade union delegation at Monday’s meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum, the first meeting of its kind to take place since September’s Budget.