In this issue
Voluntary sector protest
Devastation at Rescue 116 tragedy
Huge response to gender pay campaign
Minister reaffirms pay deal intent
Wider application of revised T&S sought
Early education branch to launch
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Public-private pay gap disappears for now
Top 1% paid 10% of total earnings
Psychologist Dáil motion welcomed
Unions push for Brexit plan
Former IMPACT staffer becomes Labour Court deputy chair
Youth quizzical over Syria
Fire brigade stoppage averted
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Devastation at Rescue 116 tragedy
by Niall Shanahan
 
Last Tuesday (14th March), the country awoke to the awful news that Irish coast guard helicopter Rescue 116 had gone missing. As details of the accident unfolded, members of IMPACT’s IAESA and IALPA branches felt a particularly keen sadness, because their colleagues – Mark Duffy, Dara Fitzpatrick, Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith – were lost in the tragedy.
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Huge response to gender pay campaign
by Lughan Deane
 
IMPACT provoked a huge response, from across the political spectrum, to its ongoing social media campaign aimed at winning support for legislation compelling firms to publish details of their gender pay gap. The initiative focusses on the idea that women effectively work 71 minutes for free each working day when compared to their male counterparts. In other words, they are ‘clocked out by the pay gap’ at 15:50 each day.
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Minister reaffirms pay deal intent
by Bernard Harbor
 
Public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe has reiterated the Government’s commitment to negotiating a new public service pay deal, and said pay rises were the “sign of a normal functioning economy.”
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Wider application of revised T&S sought
by Niall Shanahan and Bernard Harbor
 
IMPACT has sought the application of new civil service travel and subsistence rates across the public service. The union expects the matter to be discussed at a meeting with local government management this week, and letters have also been sent to officials in the education and health sectors.
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Early education branch to launch
 
IMPACT will launch its new national Early Education branch this Saturday (25th March). The branch will provide an effective and professional focus for the campaign for adequate investment in and professionalisation of the sector, with agreed salary scales and a proper career path for early education staff.
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