Fórsa is urging its members to support a national demonstration calling for an end to the housing and homeless crisis, which takes place in Dublin this Saturday (18th May).
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Fórsa has disputed Government estimates that restoring pre-crisis working time in the civil and public service 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.
Civil 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.
The issue of working time remains “one constant” being raised by civil servants, despite the pay restoration of recent times, according to the chair of Fórsa’s Civil Service Division.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has organised a briefing on tipping practices in the hospitality sector, and the union group ONE Galway’s campaign for legal changes on the issue.
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