Fórsa is at the advanced stage of planning a campaign on the future of local government and the services it provides.

A dispute about promotion competitions for grades IV to VII under the local government common recruitment pool has been jointly referred to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) by Fórsa and local authority employers.

Fórsa will not support any proposal on the future of Irish Water unless it includes a Government commitment to a constitutional referendum to keep water and sewage services in public control, according to the union’s top local authority negotiator.

The re-municipalisation of water services around Europe continues to rise, according to a report by the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour.

Irish workplaces need to become more accommodating for the increasing number of workers aged over 65, according to a new study.

Fórsa representatives were amongst those in attendance at the Raise the Roof housing conference in Dublin last Wednesday (30th January). The event focused on Ireland’s ever-increasing rate of homelessness, particularly the number of families and children currently without a home.