Strike action by IALPA members in cargo airline ASL Ireland was called off at the last minute on Tuesday 16th December, after management finally agreed to recognise the union and begin talks on a Collective Labour Agreement.

Fórsa’s Cabin Crew branch has commenced a ballot on a revised pay offer from Aer Lingus. The branch has recommended that members reject the employer’s latest pay proposal.

Fórsa and the IALPA addressed members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport last week (10th December), warning that Search and Rescue (SAR) aircrew operating on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard are facing “unfair and unsafe” working-time practices.

Deputy general secretary Matt Staunton will retire at the end of this month, after a decades long trade union career, serving those who serve.

Fórsa branches sleighed expectations for this year’s appeal collecting record-breaking donation of toys and the highest level of financial contributions ever received with the final tally hurtling towards 10k as we go to print.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called out the government on its continued discrimination against workers under the age of 21, with the practice of suppressing pay for young adults being called “grossly unfair.”