Fórsa wants pay scales shortened as quickly as possible for staff who joined the civil service after January 2011. The union has said a new talks process, agreed before Saint Patrick’s weekend, must lead to equal treatment for all civil servants by removing two points from new entrant pay scales.

Fórsa has called on the Government to give clear advice to older people and other vulnerable groups about the financial supports they can expect from community welfare services during extreme bad weather

Fórsa has demanded the reinstatement of tax relief on individual workers’ trade union subscriptions, which was worth €70 a year to union members when it was abolished in 2011.

Following publication of our recent article about the union’s breakthrough on permanent contracts for temporary staff working on the public service card, Fórsa has been fielding queries from clerical officers

A far higher percentage of unionised private companies will increase pay this year when compared to non-union firms, according to a new study.

An ESRI report has found that households could face price increases of up to €1,360 as a result of a hard Brexit.

Fórsa is mobilising members to take part in the Housing is a Human Right national demonstration on Saturday, 7th April.

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