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Gaeltacht scholarship grants
by Niall Shanahan
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Call for relief on union subs
by Bernard Harbor
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Gig economy presents taxing challenge
by Bernard Harbor
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Union firms more likely to raise pay
by Bernard Harbor
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Unions raise collective bargaining at LEEF
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Ratification of UN convention a step forward for workers with disabilities
by Niall Shanahan
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Meetings eye new cross-divisional bodies
by Eoin Ronayne
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Quick fix sought for new entrants
by Niall Shanahan and Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa wants pay scales shortened as quickly as possible for staff who joined the public service after January 2011. The union has said a new talks process, agreed before Saint Patrick’s weekend, must lead to equal treatment for all public servants by removing two points from new entrant pay scales.

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Sunbeam House strike threat suspended
by Bernard Harbor
 
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Proposed industrial action at Sunbeam House Services has been suspended by Fórsa after management agreed to a number of measures to expedite pay restoration at the Wicklow disability service providers.

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Twilight payments under discussion
by Bernard Harbor
 

The first meeting of a group set up to deal with Fórsa’s claim for the restoration of ‘twilight payments’ met last week. The payment – which saw staff paid at ‘time and one-sixth’ for working between six and eight o’clock in the evening – was discontinued in 2011.

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Civil reg structure sought
by Bernard Harbor
 

Health service management has agreed to consider Fórsa’s proposal that superintendent structures in the civil registration service should mirror those in community healthcare organisations (CHO).

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Private practice meeting tomorrow
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa will tomorrow (Wednesday) meet the health department’s review group that’s looking into private practice in Ireland’s public hospitals. The union has already made a written submission to the body, chaired by Ronan Toomey, in which it argued for state-employed consultants working exclusively for public patients.

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Fórsa members call #Brexitshambles
by Niall Shanahan
 

In the last news bulletin we asked your opinion about a new report which said Brexit will hit the Irish economy more than any other country in Europe, with a ‘hard Brexit’ costing the country about €18billion.

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Fórsa backs national housing demo
by Niall Shanahan
 
Fórsa is mobilising members to take part in the Housing is a Human Right national demonstration on Saturday, 7th April.
 
 
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Fórsa audio bulletin episode 4
by Hazel Gavigan (audio editor)

We look at the main stories in the current edition of the news bulletin. Presented by Hazel Gavigan and Niall Shanahan

 

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