Irish mums suffer huge pay penalty
by Lughan Deane
Irish mothers aged 25 to 44 earn 14% less than their male counterparts, and a massive 31% less than women without children, according to a new international survey published last week. The analysis, by recruitment company Glassdoor, found that Irish mothers suffered the biggest pay gap when compared with 18 west European countries and the USA.
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Faster pay recovery demanded
by Niall Shanahan and Bernard Harbor
IMPACT has warned that special pay rises for selected groups of public servants will inevitably bring a return to ‘leapfrogging’ pay claims and industrial unrest. Speaking at the union’s biennial conference in Killarney last week, IMPACT deputy general secretary Kevin Callinan said the union would not leave anyone behind on the journey to pay recovery.
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Oberstown notice served over safety
by Bernard Harbor
Residential care workers and night supervising staff at the Oberstown detention centre in north county Dublin will conduct four-hour work stoppages every Tuesday in June, in a dispute over safety. IMPACT says staff and residents at the centre are exposed to daily risk of violent assault.
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New president and officers elected
by Niall Shanahan
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| IMPACT's new president Pat Fallon. |
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Pat Fallon of IMPACT’s Sligo branch was elected as union president at last week’s biennial delegate conference in Killarney. Delegates also elected eight other officers to the union's Central Executive Committee.
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Union backs homelessness protest
by Bernard Harbor
IMPACT general secretary Shay Cody has written to the union’s branches, urging them to support tomorrow’s ‘housing is a human right’ protest. The event, which is organised by the National Homeless and Housing Coalition, sets off from Dublin’s Custom House at 2pm on Saturday 28th May.
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Christina’s in the driving seat
by Martina O'Leary
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| Christina O'Brien with her new wheels. |
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Christina O'Brien from IMPACT’s Cork branch was the lucky winner of the Cornmarket car draw for IMPACT members. Christina, who is an acting principal social worker in Saint Finbarr’s hospital in Cork, was presented with her prize at the union’s biennial delegate conference in Killarney last week.
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