Both RTE and Irish Times report that Fórsa's lead organiser Joe O'Connor will address the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight this afternoon to argue that current arrangements for members' subscriptions discriminate against PAYE workers.
Fórsa has suspended its proposed industrial action at Sunbeam House following Management's agreement to a number of measures to expedite pay restoration at the Wicklow disability service providers.
In Australia, the gig economy is winding back workers' rights by 100 years, according to the ACTU boss, Sally McManus. McManus has also called for a return to industry-level bargaining to help unions win pay rises and organise workers in industries such as childcare.
Seeing as today is World Poetry Day, and Spring is finally here, today's Zen is a list I found of the 10 best poems about Spring, compiled by the Guardian. (Image from Young Lambs by John Clare)
