Good morning colleagues,

Storm Austen is coming, and it sounds serious. The Irish Times report about the storm includes a mention of Fórsa and Siptu: "the two largest unions involved in work-to-rules as part of the public sector pay dispute, confirmed there were specific clauses for automatic derogations from industrial action in cases where there was a serious threat posed to life or wellbeing. Where derogations need to be requested, they are almost always granted immediately."