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Fórsa to deliver on equality
by Andy Pike

The creation of Fórsa provides an opportunity to build on the work undertaken by the former CPSU, IMPACT and PSEU in the area of equality.

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Rescue 116 remembered in charity cycle
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird

A 12-strong team of eight cyclists and four volunteers wants Fórsa members and branches to get behind them as they compete in the Race Around Ireland cycling event in memory of crewman Ciarán Smith of Rescue 116.

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Fórsa adopts new data policy
by Matt Staunton

Fórsa’s national executive has adopted new data protection policies to ensure that the union is compliant with the EU Data Protection Directive.

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Fórsa member wins comp

Fórsa member Cathriona McElhinney was the lucky winner of a two-night stay at the Delphi resort in Connemara, in a competition run by the union’s group discounts scheme.

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Social dialogue to be expanded
by Bernard Harbor

The Labour-Employer Economic Forum (LEEF), a trade union-employer-Government social dialogue forum established in 2016, is to be expanded.

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New Fórsa officers elected
by Hazel Gavigan

Fórsa has a brand new team of elected officers since last month’s inaugural national conference.

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Health exec meets on community health action
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s Health and Welfare division executive meets today (Wednesday) to decide its next steps in a potential stand-off over the establishment of community healthcare organisations (CHOs).

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Fórsa discusses Cervical Check with HSE
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa officials will meet senior HSE human resource staff today (Wednesday) to discuss staff matters that may arise from the Scally review into Cervical Check.

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SláinteCare requires reform and higher taxes
by Bernard Harbor
 

The cost of developing high-quality health services free at the point of need could be as high as €1.6 billion, according to a new report by the union-backed Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI).

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Section 39 ballots reviewed
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s Health and Welfare executive committee will today (Wednesday) identify the ‘section 39’ organisations where it will ballot members for industrial action over pay restoration if a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) process, currently underway, doesn’t succeed.

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Younger workers’ wages wane
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Average wages for young workers in Ireland are over 8% lower than in 2008, according to new research from the union-backed Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI). But average pay for older workers has now surpassed pre-crisis levels.

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Ireland to have highest state pension age
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
 

Government plans to increase the State pension age to 68 will place Ireland’s retirement age among the highest in the world, according to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

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Counsellors and psychotherapists to be regulated
by Bernard Harbor
 

Counsellors and psychotherapists will be the next professions to come under the CORU statutory regulation regime after health minister Simon Harris designated them last month.

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Fórsa audio bulletin episode 9
by Hazel Gavigan (audio editor)

In this episode we speak to Dr. Laura Bambrick of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on the government's proposed pension reform, Fórsa official Andy Pike on progress in the civil service on pay flexibility and more. Presented by Hazel Gavigan.

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