Public sector strike agreedPublic sector unions have agreed in principle to a nationwide 24-hour strike on Tuesday, November 24th.Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
LRC urges public sector reformThe chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission has said the main challenges facing the public service are to eliminate…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Taoiseach warns of welfare cutsTaoiseach Brian Cowen and the Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin have indicated there will be significant reductions…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
Government aims to cut €1.3bn from public sector wage billTHE GOVERNMENT has told trade union leaders that it wants to secure savings of €1Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Impact votes for strike action over pay cutsMembers of the country’s largest public sector union, Impact have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes if the Government…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Ibec calls for State action to support employmentTHE EMPLOYERS’ group Ibec has said it is very concerned at the lack of action on the part of the Government to preserve and create…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Ibec issues jobs crisis warningThe employers’ group Ibec has said it is very concerned at the lack of action on the part of the Government to preserve and …Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Coke strike 'a danger to 1,100 jobs'The drinks distribution and bottling company Coca-Cola HBC has warned that the current dispute with the trade union Siptu over…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Huge rise in number of 'delayed discharge' patientsTHE NUMBER of patients who no longer require an acute hospital care and who are occupying a bed inappropriately due to a lack…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Car expenses completely off the scale, says GormleyTHE COSTS OF foreign travel and accommodation for ministers, including car transfers from one terminal in Heathrow to another…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Warning of collapse in servicesSPENDING CUTS: PUBLIC SERVICES will collapse if the Government goes ahead with plans to reduce exchequer spending by €4 billion…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Strikes to focus on pushing through pay deal - O'ConnorSIPTU CONFERENCE: SIPTU PRESIDENT Jack O’Connor has said industrial action and strikes forecast for the weeks ahead will not…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Frontline workers to resist all pay cutsPUBLIC SECTOR: THE NEW frontline alliance representing public sector staff who provide round-the-clock services has said the…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
INO to ballot members on industrial actionTHE IRISH Nurses Organisation (INO) is to ballot members on industrial action to protest against possible further cuts in pay…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Union warns of action ahead of budgetTHE COUNTRY’S largest trade union has said that there will definitely be some industrial and strike action in advance of the …Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
INO to ballot nurses for strike actionThe Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) representing more than 40,000 nurses, is to ballot members on industrial action to protest…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Greens and FF continue 'cordial' talksGREEN PARTY representatives held six hours of talks with Fianna Fáil Ministers yesterday as part of the process aimed at negotiating…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Ictu anxious day of protest will also involve private sectorANALYSIS: THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) of a national day of demonstration in early November…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Siptu seeks 3.5% pay increase for health staffA CLAIM for a 3.5 per cent pay increase for about 34,000 staff in the health service has been lodged by their trade union, Siptu…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Ictu to stage day of protestThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is to stage a national day of demonstration in November in a bid to try to influence…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
HSE to take radical steps to tackle bed 'gridlock'THE HEALTH SERVICE Executive (HSE) is considering radical options for tackling the problem of delayed discharges such as effectively…Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Libertas criticised as 'anti-worker'The pro-Lisbon Charter Group has strongly criticised Libertas for being anti-worker.Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Siptu lodges pay claim for HSE staff in row over cutsThe country’s largest union Siptu is to lodge a claim for a 3Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Molloy did not threaten legal action - CowenTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said that former director general of Fás Rody Molloy did not threaten legal action during negotiations…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
HSE tells unions it may seek compulsory redeploymentTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told trade unions that as part of any new arrangements to redeploy staff it will initially…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Alternative health cuts plan consideredTHE HSE is understood to have told the Government that it could reduce costs by inviting GPs and pharmacists to tender for the…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Frontline staff form anti-cuts allianceUnions and associations representing around 100,000 public servants who provide round-the-clock frontline services have said …Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
HSE claims McCarthy cuts would save €300mTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told the Government that it believes that controversial cost-reduction proposals recommended…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Begg warns of pay cut resistanceThe general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said he would expect a "strong level of resistance" by…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Union reaches agreement with Gresham HotelTRADE UNION Siptu has said that it has reached agreement with management at the Gresham Hotel in a row over redundancies.Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
HSE to look again at redeployment planTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is to review its controversial proposals to allow it to redeploy staff on a compulsory basis…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Ictu to mount opposition to cutbacksTrade unions are to launch a “sustained campaign of opposition” to pay cuts, job losses, reduced public services and aggressive…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
HSE warns of €1.4bn funding shortageTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has warned the Government that it could face a funding shortage of nearly €1Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
TD rejects 'neo-liberal agenda' claimWORKERS' RIGHTS: FOUR CASES involving workers’ rights that were the subject of controversial rulings by the European Court of…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Ictu set to consider opposition to cutbacksTHE EXECUTIVE of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is expected to consider proposals for a “sustained campaign” of opposition…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Cases could not have happened hereFour cases involving workers' rights which were the subject of controversial rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) could…Sun Sept 13 2009 - 01:00
Union urges No vote over employment standardsTEEU: THE GENERAL secretary-designate of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), Eamon Devoy, has said that his…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
McCarthy wants pay cut as State 'bust'THE AUTHOR of the recent review on Government spending has told a conference the country is bust and that cutbacks are unavoidable…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Cowen warns pay cuts may be needed to tackle deficitIPA CONFERENCE: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has signalled that pay reductions in the public sector could be back on the agenda for…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
HSE warns cutting 3,500 jobs will badly hit servicesTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told the Government it could shed up to 3,500 jobs next year to live within proposed cutbacks…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Ministers' ability hard to assess, IPA toldTHE ANNUAL output statements produced by Government Ministers to account for their spending are lacking targets and data, which…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Cowen indicates Govt may review public sector payTaoiseach Brian Cowen indicated today the Government may look again at public sector pay rates as part of its bid to tackle to…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Unions campaign against 'Bord Snip'Unions who represent more than 100,000 public servants providing round the clock services are to launch a campaign of opposition…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
FG seeks space for Coca Cola talksFine Gael has called on management at Coca Cola to defer controversial plans to out-source 130 jobs and on unions to suspends…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Siptu backs Lisbon TreatyThe country's largest trade union, Siptu, has said it is in favour of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
TEEU calls for No vote on LisbonThe electricians’ and engineering union, the TEEU, has said it will be opposing the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Department outlines case to cap or cut pay of top public servantsA CAP or cut in pay at the top level of the public sector could send a positive signal to the international investment community…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon bolsters worker rights - unionA group of trade union leaders have launched a campaign for a “yes” vote in the forthcoming Lisbon referendum, arguing that it…Tue Sept 01 2009 - 01:00
Medical cards worth €500m to doctorsFIGURES TO be published next month by the Health Service Executive will show that the State last year paid out close to €500 …Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
GP's fees for medical card scheme top €1m for first timeFOR THE first time ever a GP’s medical practice has received more than €1 million in fees for operating the general medical services…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
