Fórsa members in library, professional management and support staff roles in the higher education sector will engage in industrial action from next week in a dispute about job evaluation.

Fórsa’s School Secretaries branch is continuing preparations for a national campaign to improve secretaries’ pay next year.

Following the recent introduction of measures to resolve outstanding issues with new entrants pay, some 5,000 SNAs, hired since September 2011 on lower rates of pay, are set to benefit.

Fórsa SNA representatives met in September to consider the recommendations in the NCSE report into the future of the SNA role, and to commence preparations for phase two of the consultation. Part of the union's preparation for the consultation includes a survey of SNA members and a series of regional briefing sessions for SNA members.  

The Civil Service rate for overnight domestic subsistence allowance has increased, effective from 1st October, following an agreed review.

Last week's Raise the Roof rally took place outside Leinster house. There was a strong Fórsa presence, with branch campaign officers, activists and staff from throughout the country in attendance.

Fórsa has submitted its returns to the Lobby Register covering the period from 1st May to 31st August 2018.