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
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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.
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.
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 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, 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.
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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