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ESRI critical of covid childcare effort
by Mehak Dugal
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Covid-19: Advice to Fórsa members

 

 

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Fórsa: Here to support you

 

 

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Library safety measures demanded
by Mehak Dugal and Bernard Harbor
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#HiddenHero teams
by Niall Shanahan
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Union guidance on return to workplaces
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has published new guidance for workers who have been working remotely, but may be returning to their workplaces over the coming weeks. 

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Over a million need income supports
by Mehak Dugal
 

Well over 1.2 million workers are now dependent on State income supports because of the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

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Fórsa opens ‘join online’ feature
by Niall Shanahan
 

From today (Friday 15th May), workers who wish to join Fórsa will be able to do so using a new ‘join online’ function on the union’s website.

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Adjusting to remote working
by Róisín McKane
 

Almost half of Ireland’s workers have had their employment circumstances changed by the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than a third now working from home, according to new Central Statistics Office (CSO) data. With this in mind, we sought advice from the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service (CSEAS) about how workers can keep healthy during this longer-than-expected period of remote working.

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Call to include disabled in Covid response
by Hazel Gavigan
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has stressed the importance of including people with disabilities in the national response to Covid-19.

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Tackling food poverty during a pandemic
by Róisín McKane
 

A member of Fórsa’s Boards and Voluntary Agencies branch has led an initiative that’s providing weekly food parcels to 21 extra families during the Covid-19 crisis. Crosscare youth worker and union activist John O’Hara saw a marked increase in the demand for support since the onset of the virus, and sought donations from Fórsa branches to fund additional aid for families.

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Biennial report records union achievements
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s first biennial report was published this week. The report sets out the new union’s activities and achievements over the last two years.

 

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