Newsletter - IMPACT members' e-bulletin - Friday 9th May 2014 Issue 19

Friday 9th May 2014

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Follow the IMPACT conference

IMPACT’s biennial delegate conference in Killarney will see up to 700 delegates gather next week under the title of Positive Impact: Together we find solutions. The conference will debate a wide range of motions and focus particularly on the theme of recovery and what that means for jobs, the economy, and IMPACT members’ incomes. You can follow the conference on its dedicated website, which will go live on Wednesday (14^th May).

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In this issue

Follow the IMPACT conference

IMPACT membership on the up

Local government role at stake

Incomes fell €8.5k during recession

Cabin crew ballot concludes today

Failure to agree education safeguards leads to ballot

Also in this issue

Homeless #lepledge14 campaign underway

South Dublin acting row leads to ballot

Driver testers backed by arbitration decision

World’s workplace fatalities remembered

SNA redeployment deal imminent

Union water campaign wins award

‘Secret’ talks could undermine global public services

Work permits bill welcomed

Branches urged to support charity cycle

Conference to discuss young workers

On the web

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Blog - The science has got pretty stark on climate change

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NEWS

IMPACT membership on the up

IMPACT membership grew by 2.2% in 2013, the first year-on-year increase since 2009. Over 2,740 new members joined last year, with a net increase of 1,300 bringing the union’s total membership to over 59,000.

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Local government role at stake

IMPACT has urged local government minister Phil Hogan to give real powers and resources to new municipal districts, which are set to replace town councils this year. The union, which represents over 12,000 local authority workers, also told Mr Hogan that the continuing removal of responsibilities from local authorities could eventually make it impossible to justify local taxes, including the property tax.

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Incomes fell €8.5k during recession

Average disposable household income – the amount families have to spend after paying taxes and receiving benefits – fell by just over €8,500 between 2008 and 2012. The stark figures, from the Central Statistics Office, are among the data in a paper called Living on Less: Changes in earnings, incomes and employment during the recession,which will set the background for a major debate on income restoration at IMPACT’s biennial delegate conference next week.

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Cabin crew ballot concludes today

Aer Lingus cabin crew have voted by 97% to take industrial action if the airline fails to implement revised rosters for short-haul services and acceptable time off arrangements after long-haul flights.

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Failure to agree education safeguards leads to ballot

IMPACT members who work in new education and training boards (ETBs) are balloting for possible industrial action over management’s failure to conclude an agreement on issues arising from the establishment of the new bodies and the transfer to them of services previously delivered by FÁS and currently managed by SOLAS.

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