Newsletter - IMPACT members' e-bulletin - Friday 27th June 2014 Issue 22

A 90% majority of IMPACT members working in the Limerick group of hospitals has backed industrial action out of anger at poor corporate governance and the salary being paid to a senior manager. The staff have refused to report to the manager of the hospital group.

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Irish prices fifth highest in EU
by Niall Shanahan

The need for pay restoration for Irish workers has been highlighted again as new figures revealed consumer prices in Ireland were the fifth highest in the EU last year, at 118% of the EU average. The latest research from EU statistics body Eurostat, published this week, also showed that Ireland has the highest prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the EU at 178% of the average.

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Coillte to remain independent
by Bernard Harbor

IMPACT has welcomed a Government decision not to go ahead with a merger of Bord na Mona and state forestry body Coillte. The union’s Coillte branch had campaigned against the proposed merger, arguing that forestry would inevitably suffer in a merged organisation.

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South Dublin dispute in LRC
by Niall Shanahan

IMPACT has accepted a Labour Relations Commission (LRC) invitation to talks in the dispute over the unilateral withdrawal of acting payments in South Dublin County Council. The invitation came after 600 IMPACT members went on strike last Tuesday.

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NETB industrial action withdrawn
by Niall Shanahan

The NETB branch of IMPACT has withdrawn the industrial action that commenced on 16^th June, following a conciliation process at the Labour Relations Commission chaired by Michael Keegan. In a letter sent to members today (Friday), branch chair Gerard Lyons said “In the view of the NETB Branch committee, acceptance of this document begins a controlled and ongoing process on future staffing issues.“

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