IMPACT breakthrough for Sligo library services
by Niall Shanahan
IMPACT has confirmed a breakthrough in the fight to secure library services in Sligo. It follows a campaign by the union which garnered support from community, voluntary and other campaign groups who gathered in September to protest the temporary closure of Sligo Central Library.
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Work to rule by cleaning staff at Garda college
by Niall Shanahan
Cleaning staff at the Garda College in Templemore began industrial action on Monday (3rd October), in the form of a work to rule. The college cleaning staff are the lowest paid civil servants in Ireland, and start work on the lowest possible legal wage. The staff are represented by IMPACT trade union.
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Community and voluntary sector workers left behind on pay
Government must meet programme commitment to improve funding
by Niall Shanahan
IMPACT hosted a pre-budget briefing in September focusing on the community and voluntary sector, and presented the findings and recommendations contained in the union’s Caring- At What Cost? research document.
IMPACT national secretary Eamonn Donnelly warned that while household costs – including rent, motoring and insurance – continued to climb, community and voluntary sector workers were still coping with the effects of salaries that were severely reduced since 2008, and increasingly unable to meet mounting costs.
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CRC pensions review agreed
Oberstown safety review also agreed at WRC
by Niall Shanahan
An agreement has been reached between IMPACT and management of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) at the Workplace Relations Commission, following a dispute over the CRC’s decision to terminate the staff contributory pension scheme in June.
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Call for 3rd level investment
by Niall Shanahan
The Coalition for Publicly Funded Higher Education, a group comprised of IMPACT and the USI, SIPTU, IFUT and TUI, has urged all political parties to support the publicly-funded third level education option put forward in the Cassells report, and to avoid an income-contingent loan scheme option.
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