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Delegates back green ribbon message
by Roisin McKane
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Social event for Cork members
by Bernard Harbor
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Small grants fund launched
by Hazel Gavigan
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#MayDay: celebrating the workers
by Niall Shanahan
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Gender pay gap law looms
by Bernard Harbor
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Danish unions strike 8.1% deal
by Niall Shanahan
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UK to legislate on top pay
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
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New entrant pay problem probed
by Bernard Harbor
 

Contacts between unions and officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) will continue over the coming weeks with a view to cracking the practical issues involved in shortening pay scales for staff who joined the civil and public service after 2010.

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Staffless library safeguards go to ballot
by Bernard Harbor
 

Library staff are to vote on Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recommendations on agreed staffing levels and staffless libraries. Fórsa’s Local Government Division is recommending acceptance of the draft agreement, which heralds a review of staffing levels in each local library authority, followed by discussions on staffing requirements based on 2012 levels.

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Councils face psychometric test
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa's Local Government divisional executive will decide next steps next week after local authority staff backed industrial action over management’s use of online psychometric tests without prior agreement. A ballot of members in the division resulted in a 74%-26% endorsement of action.

 

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Weekend overtime restored
by Bernard Harbor
 

Dublin City Council management has agreed to reinstate one-hour’s double time for overseers, who supervised road maintenance crews when working weekends. Fórsa raised the issue last month after a member has tried and failed to solve it since late 2015.

 

 

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Cervical cancer: Accountability and due process needed
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has said it fully supports plans for a full and thorough inquiry into Ireland’s cervical cancer screening programme, and has called on the Government to ensure that due process is followed when seeking accountability for errors in the service and communications with the women affected.

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Shifts and long hours heighten risk
by Roisin McKane
 

Shift workers, especially those who work nights, are at higher risk of suffering workplace injuries, according to new research conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Health and Safety Authority.

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Fórsa audio bulletin episode 7
by Hazel Gavigan (audio editor)

In this episode we update you on the progress being made on new entrants pay, fill you in on the launch of Fórsa's small grants fund and more. Presented by Hazel Gavigan and Róisín McKane. 

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