Public service pay: high-level contact underway
by Bernard Harbor
IMPACT general secretary Shay Cody led a union delegation that met public spending minister Pascal Donohoe in Dublin last Monday (7th November). The meeting was quickly convened after IMPACT and other unions reacted to an earlier Labour Court recommendation in the garda dispute, which went beyond the terms of the Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA).
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Women work for nothing for the rest of 2016
by Lughan Deane
At 16:34 last Monday afternoon (7th November) women across France quietly packed their bags and walked off their jobs. This was to mark the precise time at which they effectively stopped being paid for 2016. Women in France are paid 15.1% less than men, and at 16:34 last Monday there was 15.1% of the year left.
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Lourdes hospital row escalates
Action due to cuts in clerical staff at the hospital
by Niall Shanahan
Clerical and admin staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda have escalated their industrial action in a dispute over staff cuts that have closed the hospital’s health promotion department.
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Templemore progress halts action
by Niall Shanahan
IMPACT suspended its industrial action at Templemore Garda college after management agreed to a review of pay, grading and staff numbers. The union also secured commitments on eight new permanent posts, with five additional staff on a relief panel.
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Library cuts threat prompts ballot
by Bernard Harbor
An industrial action ballot of library staff is underway over fears that the introduction of ‘staffless’ library services will lead to poorer services and job losses. IMPACT believes management plans for a large-scale pilot of staffless services during evenings and weekends could ultimately lead to completely staffless libraries with sharply limited services to the public.
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