In this issue
IMPACT Audio Bulletin
IMPACT job opportunities
IMPACT executive explains Fórsa backing
PSSA working time provisions to kick in
Blanket retirement age not on
Des fights for daa worker-director post
Extreme weather protocol needed
Members back Aer Lingus pay deal
Also in this issue
Members outline why they value IMPACT
IMPACT addresses Brexit and border
Inspiring IMPACT’s women activists
Industrial action planned in Roscommon flexi-time row
Pilots want independent representation
CE supers win political support
Stress awareness test launched
Retired cleansing staff in Limerick to get €1k
More women earn minimum wage
Alzheimer’s action deferred
€10 off travel insurance for IMPACT members
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IMPACT executive explains Fórsa backing
Members have been urged to vote ‘yes’ before the 17th November deadline
by Bernard Harbor and Niall Shanahan
Members of IMPACT’s central executive committee have appeared on video to outline their reasons for backing a merger of IMPACT, the CPSU and the PSEU. IMPACT members have until 12 noon on Friday 17th November to vote on the proposed amalgamation.
 
 

 

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PSSA working time provisions to kick in
by Bernard Harbor
 

A means of allowing staff to convert some annual leave into flexi-time is to be developed in a number of pilot schemes, with a view to rolling it out across the public service in time. Unions and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) agreed to this approach at a recent meeting of the ‘oversight body’ set up to monitor the implementation of the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA), which was recently endorsed by a large majority of unions.

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Blanket retirement age not on
by Bernard Harbor
 
IMPACT says the Government is not going to announce a blanket increase in the public service retirement age, despite a report in the press last Friday (3rd November). Along with other unions, IMPACT has been working to resolve the plight of public servants who are forced to retire at age 65, but cannot now access the state pension until they are 66.

 

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Des fights for daa worker-director post
by Bernard Harbor
 
IMPACT activist Des Mullally is seeking support for his bid to win a second term as a worker-director on the board of airport operator daa. Polling day is 22nd November, and all company employees are entitled to vote. A company employee for over 30 years, Des was first elected as a worker-director in 2013, when colleagues gave him the second highest number of first preference votes.
 
In a letter to daa staff, Des said he was running to address high staff turnover, protect jobs from privatisation, see that staffing levels increase in line with business and passenger number growth, and ensure that staff continue to share in the success that daa has achieved in recent years.

 

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Extreme weather protocol needed
by Bernard Harbor
 

 

IMPACT has sought cross-union support for a claim for the development of a civil service protocol setting out arrangements for addressing future national emergencies in the wake of storm Ophelia, which led the Taoiseach to advise workers to stay at home on 16th October. The union says procedures for future extreme weather events should include adequate recognition and remuneration for staff exposed to danger whilst working in extremely hazardous conditions.

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Members back Aer Lingus pay deal
by Bernard Harbor
 

IMPACT members in Aer Lingus have voted overwhelmingly (95.6%) to accept a Labour Court-brokered pay deal worth 8.5% over the 39 months from 1st April 2017. IMPACT branches representing cabin crew and middle managers at the airline had recommended acceptance of the package, which will see a 3% pay increase backdated to April 2017, and further instalments in 2018 and 2019.

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