Pay and new union top conference agenda
by Bernard Harbor
Pay recovery and proposals to create a new 90,000-strong trade union for public service, commercial and semi-state workers, are set to dominate IMPACT’s biennial delegate conference next month. The final conference agenda which contains over 150 motions for debate in Killarney between 18th and 20th May, was issued to IMPACT branch secretaries earlier today.
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Scrap JobBridge says IMPACT
IMPACT has called for the JobBridge programme to be dissolved following new reports of its widespread misuse in the health service, local authorities and elsewhere. The union wants the scheme to be replaced with targeted programmes aimed at specific groups including unemployed early school leavers, graduates and the long-term unemployed.
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Unions demand new ‘Clerys’ law
by Bernard Harbor
Unions have challenged Dáil members to legislate to protect workers from exploitative owners after the Government published its report on last year’s Clerys scandal. Long-standing Clerys staff were thrown out of work, with minimal taxpayer-funded compensation, when the owners stripped the company’s assets and declared the store bankrupt.
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IMPACT wins €50k for dismissed member
by Patricia O’Mahony
An IMPACT member has been awarded €50,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission after it ruled that she was unlawfully dismissed for being pregnant. The union understands that her local authority employer intends to appeal the award.
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