With industrial action paused after conciliation talks at the WRC a joint union and management working group is stepping in to look at unresolved issues like continuous professional development, out-of-hours work and a review of ICT grading.  

Richy Carrothers reaffirms the division’s commitment to seeing the introduction of a local government-wide neurodiversity policy despite a lack of enthusiasm from the LGMA.

The pay scales page for the Local Government and Local Services division has been updated to reflect the recent 1% pay increase.

Union members and activists will be packing out one of the largest multi-purpose venues on the island to tackle the issues that matter most to workers at national conference. 

The next Live Lunch & Learn information session will take place on Friday 27th February and will be on the topic of the four-day working week. 

Applications are open on a whole range of training opportunities from chances to polish your presentation skills to tooling up on conflict resolution and being a workplace rep.

Marking more than two years of impunity for Israel’s assault on Gaza - in which over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed - the Ireland–Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has called a National Demonstration for Saturday 21 February.