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Union subs ceiling raised
by Eoin Ronayne
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Revised education pay scales on forsa.ie
by Niall Shanahan
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Passport opens doors at work
ICTU/IBEC launch workplace passport scheme for workers with disability
by Niall Shanahan
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Employers join four-day week debate
by Hazel Gavigan
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Palestinian youth tells of incarceration
by Mehak Dugal
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One Galway quiz night
by Mehak Dugal
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Fórsa consults department on SNA training programme
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has begun consultation has with the Department of Education and Skills (DES) on the content of a new national training programme for SNAs.

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Safety first on challenging behaviour
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has highlighted the need for the education department to put safety first when drawing up guidelines for managing challenging behaviour in classrooms.

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Unions warned of post-PSSA pay limbo
by Bernard Harbor
 

The possibility that no public service pay agreement will be in place to follow the current deal when it expires at the end of next year has been raised by Fórsa at a meeting of ICTU’s Public Service Committee, which represents most unions with members in the public sector.

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Huge underreporting of harassment revealed
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Just one in every five people who experience sexual harassment in their workplace report it, according to a new survey by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

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Private pay rises three times faster than public
 

Average private sector wage growth was three times higher than in the public service in the year to September 2019. 

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Unions mobilise against politics of hate
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa and other leading trade unions are urging members to support a rally for peace, and against the politics of hatred, which will take place outside the Dáil from 1pm on Saturday 14th December.

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Call for green new deal
by Róisín McKane
 

Ireland needs a total rework of its ideas about economic development if we are to achieve a ‘green new deal,’ according to Maynooth academic Dr Lorna Gold.

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