Transport rights in your hands
by Niall Shanahan
IMPACT members are being asked to take a moment to support a petition calling for improved working conditions for European transport workers. It only takes a minute to support the campaign by following this link and signing the petition.
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CRC staff back action
by Bernard Harbor
A meeting of IMPACT members hit by the closure of a Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) pension scheme will take place this week to consider their next steps after 93% of them backed industrial action in a ballot. Meanwhile, the union has won access to the scheme’s accounts, and its actuaries are expected to make a report on the state of its funding shortly.
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Library amalgamation reversal demand
by Bernard Harbor and Niall Shanahan
IMPACT is to demand a reversal of plans to amalgamate library services in 12 counties at a meeting of the Lansdowne Road Agreement Oversight Group, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday week. This follows an 87% aggregate vote in favour of industrial action by library staff in the affected councils.
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Walk a mile in her shoes
by Lughan Deane
Believe it or not, it’s still legal for employers to insist that female employees wear high heels at work. This is despite the fact that a large body of medical research has proven that years of daily wear can cause irreversible health problems.
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Advice on childcare contracts expected
by Bernard Harbor
New contracts for the provision of Government-provided childcare were finally issued last week after IMPACT warned that the absence of agreement on 2016-2017 early years’ provision was putting free childcare at risk. The union has now sought expert opinion on the Department of Children and Youth Affairs contracts, which will inform its advice to early years’ staff and providers.
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