Fórsa is campaigning to secure a major new pay agreement for caretakers and has called on the help of school secretaries.

Over the last few years, Fórsa has campaigned for improved terms and conditions for school secretaries across the country. After winning a new pay deal for school secretaries, we are now trying to secure the same deal for caretakers.

Membership density is crucial to securing the best possible deal for workers in any agreement.

With that in mind, and with the agreement of the School Secretaries branch, recruitment packs have been posted to all school secretaries where we have not identified a caretaker in membership.

This pack includes information for the caretaker in the school and describes the key benefits of joining the union, as well as outlining the new pay deal we are seeking on their behalf. Everything a caretaker needs to join the union is included in this pack.

Caretakers, as well as school secretaries deserve the proper support and we are grateful to the school secretaries for their help in this recruitment and organising initiative.

If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to get in touch at caretakers@forsa.ie.