The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) will meet on Monday to aggregate the ballot results of the 19 affiliate unions. Turnout in the Fórsa ballot was 67.3% with 94% voting in favour.
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In a significant development, a group of 78/79 secretaries and clerical officers who opted out of their pension schemes in the late 1970s and early 1980s have been granted an option to rejoin.
Unions have welcomed the new code of practice on requests for flexible and remote working. The new code was introduced by enterprise minister Simon Coveney earlier this month.
The EPSU and PSI have launched a new online training tool to support trade union members in understanding concepts, opportunities, challenges and processes around remunicipalisation.