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Solidarity with Creeslough
by Mehak Dugal
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Save the date: Fórsa Global Solidarity Autumn School
by Róisín McKane
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A History of the Civil, Public and Services Union
by Róisín McKane
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Fórsa to host ELA
by Mark Corcoran
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Dáil debates community and voluntary sector pay
by Niall Shanahan
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School secretaries will benefit from new pay award
by Mehak Dugal
 

The second phase of the transition of school secretaries to new packages of pay and working conditions is also due to kick off soon.

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Fórsa calls for national SNA service
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has called for the abolition of the Statutory Special Needs Assistant Scheme and its replacement with a national SNA service with staff allocated to every school, in its latest presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Autism policy and education.

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Fórsa condemns IBEC’s DV position
by Róisín McKane
 

Fórsa has strongly condemned IBEC’s objection to the introduction of paid leave for workers who are victims of domestic violence, citing it as “distrustful and deeply insulting”.

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Fórsa seeking deal for caretakers
by Mark Corcoran
 

Fórsa is looking to open formal discussions with the Department of Education and the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on an agreement in respect of salaries and various leave entitlements for grant paid caretakers.

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Report to establish ‘new era’ of collective bargaining
by Niall Shanahan
 

Non-union employers could potentially face penalties for failing to negotiate with trade unions following the publication of the final report of the high-level working group on collective bargaining last week.

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New auto-enrollment pension scheme approved
by Mark Corcoran
 

Fórsa has welcomed the news that Government has approved a bill to introduce a long-awaited auto-enrolment pension scheme.

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