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Youth engagement on the agenda
by Róisín McKane
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Webinar: Post pandemic Northern Ireland
by Róisín McKane
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Palestinian Journalist’s killing condemned
by Mehak Dugal
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New officer team elected
by Róisín McKane
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Inflation hitting poorest hardest
by Mehak Dugal
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Fórsa calls for a safer and more inclusive workplace
by Mehak Dugal
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President looks to union’s future
by Niall Shanahan
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Strong support for Ukrainian people
by Bernard Harbor
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Support arrested Belarusian union leaders
by Bernard Harbor
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Fórsa raffle for hospices
by Róisín McKane
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New contact numbers for Fórsa helplines
by Róisín McKane
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Dublin city to invite blended applications
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has said it wants a fair and transparent approach to worker requests for blended work after Dublin City Council staff were told to return to the office full-time from next month.

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Management considering water proposals
by Bernard Harbor
 

Workplace Relations Commission talks on the future of Ireland’s water services have adjourned to allow management consider union proposals for incentives to encourage staff to voluntarily transfer from local authorities to a single national water provider.

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Government says more pay possible
by Bernard Harbor
 

Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath has said the Government is willing to go beyond the pay terms in the Building Momentum public service agreement. But added that this must be done in a “balanced” way.

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Workplace menstrual health policies demanded
by Mehak Dugal
 

Just 1% of employees have the protection of a menstrual health policy in their workplace, according to a survey published by Fórsa last week. 

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Social dialogue deficit adds to living costs
by Bernard Harbor
 

The absence of agreement between unions, Government and employer representatives on practical measures to expand the range of free and affordable public services is undermining the national response to Ireland’s cost of living crisis, according to Fórsa.

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Economy-wide working time review needed
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has called for a fundamental review and reform of working time and working patterns across the economy. 

 

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Ireland lags on paid maternity leave
by Mehak Dugal
 

A new study has ranked Ireland among the worst European countries when it comes to paid maternity leave.

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Underfunded local government weakest in EU
by Mark Corcoran
 

The Irish system of local government is the weakest and most under-funded in the EU, with a Council of Europe Report in 2013 indicating that local authorities here have “less autonomy, less authority and less power” than their EU counterparts.

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Government criticised on blended working
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa’s president has criticised the Government’s approach to giving workers the right to request remote or blended working. 

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Fórsa to focus on post-pandemic fairness
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa is to step up its campaign for expanded State service provision and a “best-of-class” social wage including free health care at the point of delivery, access to free or affordable childcare and early years’ education, social housing worthy of the name, enhanced local services and accessible high-quality education.

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Leave sought for domestic violence victims
by Niall Shanahan
 

Delegates at Fórsa trade union’s conference in Killarney last week gave their unanimous backing to a motion calling for statutory paid leave for victims of domestic violence.

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