Fórsa trade union has issued its intentions to collapse the conciliation and arbitration scheme - the main industrial relations mechanism for the Civil Service - if the DPER fails to implement the 2015 legislation that provides access to the WRC for civil servants.

Fórsa has commended the National Shared Services Office for working tirelessly to ensure that arrears due to workers in the civil service under the Building Momentum pay terms will be paid in December, avoiding a potential disaster.

This week Fórsa bid a very fond farewell to former union president Ann McGee as she finished her work with the union’s strategic organising team to take up a post with Siptu.

ICTU president and Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan led the trade union delegation at Monday’s meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum

Fórsa is supporting a Bill calling for the introduction of a reproductive health leave scheme to support members managing early pregnancy loss, fertility treatments and other reproductive health related matters.

Castlebar, County Mayo has emerged as the best place to work from home in Ireland, followed closely by Leixlip (Co Kildare) Navan (Co Meath) Galway and Longford.

Fórsa has welcomed the launch of a campaign calling for the end of Israeli apartheid against Palestine.