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Update your contact details
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Call for board gender quotas
by Mehak Dugal
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Fórsa supports Myanmar and its workers
by Mehak Dugal
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Grant scheme invites applications
by Mehak Dugal
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Join Fórsa online
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Fórsa: Here to support you
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Labour Court marks 75 years
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Sláintecare doomed without cross-party support
by Bernard Harbor and Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has called on the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to take immediate steps to shore up cross-party support for the Sláintecare programme following the resignation of three senior officials associated with the project.

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HSCP grade conversions approved on foot of deal
by Bernard Harbor
 

The first 500 conversions of basic health professional grades to senior grade therapist will take place in primary care over the next four weeks. 

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Delay urged for planned pension age increase
by Niall Shanahan
 

It’s been reported that the Pensions Commission has recommended that a planned increase in the State pension age to 67 should be delayed by at least seven years.

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Labour Court hears Covid recognition claim
by Bernard Harbor
 

A Labour Court hearing on the row over recognition for health workers’ efforts and commitment during the Covid-19 pandemic took place earlier this week.

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Congress concerns on housing plan
by Bernard Harbor
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has expressed "significant concerns” about the targets for public housing provision, affordable housing and cost rental homes set out in the Government’s new housing policy.

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Blended working talks to get underway
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa is to sit down with civil service management for talks on a ‘blended working’ policy next week.

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Fórsa launches skills academy
by Róisín McKane
 

The new home for all of Fórsa’s training and development initiatives was launched yesterday (16th September). The Fórsa Skills Academy will offer a wide range of introductory, expanded and advanced training designed for the union’s workplace representatives and branch activists.

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