Newsletter - IMPACT members' e-bulletin - Friday 11th July 2014 Issue 23

Friday 11th July 2014

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Support locked out Greyhound workers

A lockout of Siptu members at Greyhound waste management is continuing. The company has brought in agency workers while it locks out its own staff in a dispute over the company’s attempts to impose pay cuts of 35%. You can help the workers by signing the petition set up by Siptu.

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In this issue

Support locked out Greyhound workers

New whistleblower protections become law

HSE figures show admin staff work on ‘front line’

South Dublin action ends

Three-quarters of HRA savings delivered

Your verdict on IMPACT’s website

Also in this issue

IMPACT branches lobby on aviation policy

Minimum wage is 33% less than ‘living wage’

New law to underpin industrial relations reforms

Unemployment falls for 24th consecutive month

ICTU welcomes domestic worker move

Cyclists raise over €21k

Stobart Air pay restored

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NEWS

New whistleblower protections become law
by Bernard Harbor

A long-standing IMPACT campaign to win strong protections for workplace whistleblowers will soon come to fruition when the Protected Disclosures Bill becomes law. The Bill had completed the Oireachtas process and was awaiting the President’s signature as this bulletin went to press.

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HSE figures show admin staff work on ‘front line’
by Bernard Harbor

As few as 2% of all health service staff work in non-front line clerical, administrative and management roles, according to a new briefing paper published by IMPACT.

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South Dublin action ends
by Niall Shanahan

Shane Lambert: Postive.

Industrial action by IMPACT members at South Dublin County Council has ended following the union’s acceptance of Labour Relations Commission proposals to resolve the dispute over management’s unilateral withdrawal of acting payments. A second one-day strike, planned for yesterday (Thursday) was also avoided.

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Three-quarters of HRA savings delivered
by Bernard Harbor

The Haddington Road agreement has already delivered over 75% of the €1 billion savings required, even though the deal still has almost two years to run. New figures outlined in a Dáil answer this week revealed that €762 million of savings had already been made or “incorporated into the budgetary arithmetic” in 2013 and 2014.

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Your verdict on IMPACT’s website
by Niall Shanahan

The design, content and usability of the IMPACT website are rated highly according to a recent survey of members. More than 1,100 members responded to the April survey, with a combined total of almost 88% describing the website’s content as ‘very useful’ or ‘quite useful’.

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