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Lyra McKee remembered in peace pledge
by Hazel Gavigan
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Fórsa backs NERI head’s new book
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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Homelessness protest for 18th May
by Bernard Harbor
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Limerick lets it rise
by Bernard Harbor

 

 

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Fall in industrial action
by Niall Shanahan
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On the road with More Power To You
by Niall Shanahan
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Mick’s miles for Sligo Simon
by Niall Shanahan
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What in the World returns
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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"It's not okay to disrespect and discriminate"
by Bernard Harbor
 

The continued unequal treatment of non-teaching school staff is effectively teaching children that it’s “okay to disrespect and discriminate,” according to the outgoing chair of Fórsa’s 12,000-strong Education Division.

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SNAs may seek new contract
by Bernard Harbor and Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa will seek to renegotiate the SNAs’ contract “to establish parity with conditions of service for others in education and address long-standing problems” if a planned new model of service provision leads to increased responsibilities and work demands.

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Unions may seek pay deal review
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has raised the idea of a mid-term review of the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA), which currently governs pay and working conditions for most public servants.

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Fórsa seeks expansion of job evaluation
by Bernard Harbor
 

Delegates at Fórsa’s Education Division conference called on the education department to quickly implement a job evaluation scheme recently won by the union, and to extend the agreement to other education staff.

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Pay justice demanded for school secretaries
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has called on the Minister for Education and Skills to put school secretaries, who are employed by school boards of management, on public service pay scales.

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Gender equality needed across sector
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa wants education employers to prepare for mandatory gender pay gap reporting and develop action plans to address inequality across the sector.

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Fórsa seeks school completion talks
by Niall Shanahan and Bernard Harbor
 

Staff in Ireland’s School Completion Programme (SCP) are seeking urgent talks with the Department of Children to resolve outstanding issues on funding, pay and pensions.

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Fórsa education first for women
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s Education Division last week became the first in the union to have a divisional executive committee made up by exclusively by women.

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Employers group slammed on parental leave
by Hazel Gavigan and Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has expressed disappointment at Ibec’s negative reaction to proposals to expand paid and unpaid parental leave.

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Resources needed to address unpaid wages
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
 

Inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) discovered and recouped over €3 million in unpaid wages in Ireland last year, according to the WRC’s annual report.

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