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Travellers hide identity at work
by Niall Shanahan
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Fórsa witnesses hope and tensions in Palestine
by Niall Shanahan
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Unions rail against great pension robbery
by Bernard Harbor
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A gender gap that works for women
by Hazel Gavigan
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Tribute paid to Dunnes strikers
by Bernard Harbor
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Union recommends common recruitment deal
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Members in Fórsa’s local government and local services division are to vote on proposals for a new agreement to replace the sector’s ‘common recruitment pool.’

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Public-private pay gap narrows
by Bernard Harbor
 

The gap between earnings in the public and private sectors narrowed between 2015 and 2018, despite the fact that significant restoration of crisis-era pay cuts took place in that period. A new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found that, in those years, the pay differential ranged from -3.8% to +7.1%, depending on how it’s measured.

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Four-day week campaign goes west
by Niall Shanahan and Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa is hosting public meetings on its campaign for a four day working week in Limerick and Galway next week. The events are part of a series of regional meetings taking place following the launch of 4DWI (Four Day Week Ireland) in September.

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Fórsa urges government action on Colombia
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan has sought a meeting with Tánaiste and foreign minister Simon Coveney to discuss the union’s concerns about the escalating violence against social leaders and trade union activists in Colombia.

 

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Gender-proofed ads help women compete
by Mehak Dugal
 

A tech company that ‘gender-proofed’ its recruitment adverts saw an 80% increase in the number of women recruited into technical positions, according to a new report on female participation in senior management roles.

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