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Fórsa magazine No.9 out now
by Niall Shanahan
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Executives make hay on pay
by Mehak Dugal
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Funds raised for TENI
by Róisín McKane
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Women get inspired!
by Bernard Harbor
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Union subs ceiling raised
by Eoin Ronayne
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Unions demand halt to pension age increase
by Bernard Harbor
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School secretaries to return to WRC talks
Industrial action suspended from 9am this morning
by Niall Shanahan
 

The School Secretaries branch of Fórsa trade union has accepted an invitation to return to talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Fórsa has confirmed that work-to-rule action is suspended from 9am this morning (Tuesday 21st) in order to facilitate the WRC talks.

 

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Huge support for school secretaries’ strike
 

Nationwide strike action by school secretaries on Friday 10th January won huge support throughout the country and attracted significant media attention.

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Half of staff lack pension provision
by Mehak Dugal
 

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal that just half of workers are actively saving towards their retirement through an occupational or private pension. And six-in-ten of those with no occupational pension expect to depend on the State pension as their only source of retirement income.

 

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New Government should declare emergency over
by Bernard Harbor
 

More than a decade since the economic crash, public service pay and conditions are still being framed by an “emergency mind-set,” despite Ireland’s return to robust growth, exchequer finances and employment rates, according to Fórsa’s general secretary.

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Northern council adopts menopause policy
by Róisín McKane
 

Derry City and Strabane District Council has become the first Northern Ireland employment of its kind to adopt a menopause policy.

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National minimum wage to increase
by Mehak Dugal
 

The statutory minimum wage is set to increase to €10.10 an hour on 1st February on foot of the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation.

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Have your say on Fórsa strategy
 

The deadline for members’ submissions to the Fórsa ‘Strategic Organisational Review Team’ (SORT) exercise, is the end of January. 

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Your 2020 Fórsa planner
by Róisín McKane
 

Most Fórsa branches have now received their 2020 wall planners and desk calendars, for distribution to members.

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