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No excuse not to back sexual harassment campaign
by Hazel Gavigan
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Trans solidarity extended
by Hazel Gavigan
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Climate conference calls for ‘just transition’ forum
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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WRC launches new website
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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Congress tackles tipping practices
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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Your vote counts on 24th May
by Bernard Harbor
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CE supervisors suspend strike
by Niall Shanahan
 

Community employment (CE) supervisors have suspended a planned five days of strike action, scheduled to commence last.

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Pay, Brexit and climate concern delegates
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa’s Services and Enterprises Division will meet for its biennial divisional conference in Sligo next Thursday (23rd May). Head of Division Angela Kirk says motions to conference reflect the wider Fórsa concerns about pay, organisation and unresolved questions around Brexit.

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Fórsa highlights Haddington Road hours
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has disputed Government estimates that restoring pre-crisis working time in the public service and non-commercial semi-state organisations could cost the Exchequer over €600 million a year. The union’s Senior General Secretary Designate Kevin Callinan said the figure was at least 50% higher than Government estimates when the additional time was introduced in 2013.

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Citizens don’t want to talk to machines
by Bernard Harbor
 

Public service management should work with unions to ensure that the introduction of new technologies does not lead to job losses or poorer services, according to Fórsa.

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Workers concerned about pension plans - ICTU
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
 

Most older workers will be unable to meet the target of 40 years’ worth of contributions to qualify for a full rate pension, which is set out in plans for pension ‘auto-enrolment’.

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Privatisation created broadband bind
by Bernard Harbor
 

Providing affordable, high-quality broadband to rural Ireland would have been simpler, cheaper and quicker if the State’s telecoms infrastructure had remained in public ownership, according to top Fórsa official Angela Kirk.

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International union body wants social contract
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
 

A petition calling for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to back a new social contract has been launched by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

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