On Monday 19th May deputy general secretary and head of the civil service division Éamonn Donnelly wrote to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform urging them to set a date for formal discussions on local bargaining to begin.

Delegates representing the 25,000 civil servants who are members of the union will convene to set policy, debate motions and elect a new DEC.

The Spring 2025 edition of Civil Service Quarterly (CSQ) is out now! 

In this edition of Fórsa’s magazine for our members in the Civil Service division, members will find the latest developments both within the division and across the wider union. 

Fórsa has secured a binding decision by the Civil Service Arbitration Board on behalf of the union’s prison chaplain members. The board upheld Fórsa’s claim that chaplains, recruited from 2015 onwards, had been placed on an incorrect, lower, pay scale.  

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has launched a new survey to gather real stories from women on the front lines of transport work.