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SNA contract issues
Panel Appeals
by Sean Carabini
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Careers in Fórsa
Assistant General Secretary (Dublin)
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Full income inequality assessments needed – Fórsa
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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Diary marker: Fórsa Women’s Activist Network launch Saturday 3rd November
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Fórsa Insights podcast – Love In The Wild
by Niall Shanahan
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Congress campaign shows appetite for change
by Niall Shanahan
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Institutes of Technology staff to commence industrial action next week
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa members in library, professional management and support staff roles in the higher education sector will engage in industrial action from next week in a dispute about job evaluation.

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School Secretaries mobilise for pay equity campaign
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa’s School Secretaries branch is continuing preparations for a national campaign to improve secretaries’ pay next year.

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5,000 'new entrant' SNAs to benefit from new measures
by Seán Carabini
 

Following the recent introduction of measures to resolve outstanding issues with new entrants pay, some 5,000 SNAs, hired since September 2011 on lower rates of pay, are set to benefit.

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Fórsa prepares for SNA consultation
SNA members encouraged to take part in union survey
by Seán Carabini
 

Fórsa SNA representatives met in September to consider the recommendations in the NCSE report into the future of the SNA role, and to commence preparations for phase two of the consultation. Part of the union's preparation for the consultation includes a survey of SNA members and a series of regional briefing sessions for SNA members.  

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Changes to overnight subsistence
by Niall Shanahan
 

The Civil Service rate for overnight domestic subsistence allowance has increased, effective from 1st October, following an agreed review.

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Raise The Roof, not the rent
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Last week's Raise the Roof rally took place outside Leinster house. There was a strong Fórsa presence, with branch campaign officers, activists and staff from throughout the country in attendance.

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Fórsa publishes lobbying records
by Niall Shanahan & Martina O'Leary
 

Fórsa has submitted its returns to the Lobby Register covering the period from 1st May to 31st August 2018.

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Fórsa on Instagram
by Roisin McKane
 
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