Newsletter - IMPACT members' e-bulletin - Friday 30th May 2014 Issue 20

Friday 30th May 2014

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IMPACT prepares for income recovery

IMPACT has set out its priorities for pay and income restoration arising from a “slow and fragile” economic recovery. General secretary Shay Cody told the union’s conference earlier this month that IMPACT would lodge a pay claim when the State’s finances improved.

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In this issue

IMPACT prepares for income recovery

Cabin crew strike today

Universal health insurance cost to exceed water charges

Withdrawal of acting payments provokes action

New officers elected

IMPACT backs gay marriage

Also in this issue

New legislation can help workers and unions

Service centralisation opposed

Tax cuts no alternative to pay rises

Union says water must stay public

Unions continue support for bakery workers

Over 100 candidates support homeless pledge

Help Colombia’s human rights movement

Short film commemorates Lockout centenary

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Cabin crew strike today

Cabin crew members on the picket line at Dublin airport today. Photo: IMPACT Communications Unit.

Members of IMPACT’s Cabin Crew branch are on a 24-hour strike today over management’s intransigent attitude to rosters that create intolerable burdens on staff. The dispute has seen 200 flights cancelled at a loss of €10 million to the company.

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Universal health insurance cost to exceed water charges

Louise O'Donnell, national secretary IMPACT's Health & Welfare Division.

The cost to families of universal health insurance (UHI) will vastly exceed the property tax or planned water charges, according to IMPACT. In a submission to the consultation on the Government’s white paper on UHI, published this week, the union said this would place “an impossible financial burden on families and individuals who don’t currently have private health insurance and don’t qualify for medical cards.”

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Withdrawal of acting payments provokes action

Staff protest at South Dublin County Council.

Staff in South Dublin County Council began a campaign of industrial action this week after management unilaterally withdrew acting payments from 13 of its staff and revealed plans to do the same to another 150 workers.

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New officers elected

Jerry King, IMPACT president.

Jerry King of IMPACT’s Mayo branch has been elected to serve as the union’s president for the next two years. The election took place at IMPACT’s recent biennial delegate conference, which elected a new team of officers.

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IMPACT backs gay marriage

Sinead Costello, Sligo branch.

IMPACT will campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in any future referendum on gay marriage after delegates at the union’s recent conference unanimously endorsed the stance. Sinead Costello of the union’s Sligo branch said it was unreasonable to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.

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