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Aer Lingus and pilots to meet in fresh bid to resolve dispute

Calm at Dublin Airport as Ialpa industrial action begins but Minister warns of damage to economy, Ireland’s reputation and the lives of ordinary people

Aer Lingus row remains deadlocked with pilots’ industrial action set to proceed

Labour Court stalls on intervening following meetings

Aer Lingus had to cancel 56 flights this year due to pilots being ill or unavailable

Airline has raised the pilots’ unavailability with unions Ialpa/Fórsa, querying whether it was unofficial action

Work to rule will be more disruptive for Aer Lingus than one day strikes

Airline still assessing likely impact of pilots’ action but flight cancellations appear to be inevitable

Public and private sector employers urged to ‘work with the strengths’ of people with disabilities

Fórsa trade union conference hears of experiences of woman with hearing loss and man with autism and ADHD identifications

‘It’s not our job to be censors’: Library staff facing alarming levels of aggression

Harassment and intimidation from far-right protesters having a ‘distressing effect’ on staff members, Fórsa conference hears

‘Gaslighting’ of health workers by Robert Watt unacceptable, says union chief

Fórsa’s Kevin Callinan highly critical of comments by Department of Health secretary general

Gardaí, military, fire and prison staff say they face years without their full pensions after retirement

Coalition of representative bodies seeks Government to re-introduce supplementary pension to bridge gap until State pension age

Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratified

Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour

Proposed new public service pay deal seems set to be ratified after Siptu members back agreement

Siptu says 90% of its 60,000 members in the public service voted in favor of the €3.6bn agreement

Two of the country’s biggest public service unions back new pay deal agreed with Government

Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026

Two of country’s biggest public service unions strongly back new €3.6bn pay deal

Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026

Aer Lingus pilots told to accept pay deal or face investment freeze

Labour Court date for ongoing pay dispute at the IAG-owned carrier set for April 22nd

Emerald Airlines agrees 10% pay rise for pilots

It is the first collective labour agreement at the airline since Fórsa won union recognition last year

Public sector unions start move towards ballots on pay deal

A handful of the largest unions could carry or defeat the deal, but the hope among the unions would be that there is a clear outcome in terms of a majority of unions and membership

Mortgage to Rent scheme gets reboot, Aer Lingus and pilots pay, and how deferring taking State pension at 66 could cost you money

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Aer Lingus says pay offer to pilots includes deduction to cover cost of leave deal agreed in 2019

Pilots have rejected an 8.5% pay offer from airline, with the two sides due before the Workplace Relations Commission next month

Unions for voluntary sector carers to assess implications of public sector pay deal

Majority of employees covered by agreement reached in October to avert strike action have not yet received promised pay increases

Public sector pay deal hailed as good news for staff and State

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe says agreement is ‘fair, equitable and affordable’, adding that it would cost the exchequer ‘€3.6bn over four budget years’

Public sector workers to get pay rise of 10.25% over 2½ years under €3.6bn deal

First salary increase to take effect his month with those on lowest incomes set to receive up to 17.3 per cent by 2027, says Donohoe

Aer Lingus pilots overwhelmingly reject pay offer

Members of Irish Airline Pilots’ Association vote 98.1% against tribunal finding

Public sector pay: How did the State’s €2.9bn offer add up?

Talks set to resume in coming days despite starkly different takes on offer from Government and union sides

‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe says

Forsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’

Pay talks: Where do the two sides stand and what will the Government offer?

Agreement on several issues is generally regarded as being within striking distance but ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’

Ombudsman for Children calls for reversal of recession-era downgrade of his role

Office of watchdog for children’s interests was bumped down Civil Service salary scale from a maximum of €178,000 to up to €130,000

Talks on public sector pay to resume this week

The negotiations will impact on some 385,000 public servants as well as pensioners who will also receive any pay increases agreed

Pay talks ‘crucial’ to avoid strike ballots, says union chief

Unions have said that if there is no agreement, they will meet next Thursday to begin the process of balloting on industrial action over pay

Public sector pay talks delays caused by introduction of unexpected items by unions, says Donohoe

Unions say they will move to industrial action if there is no deal by January 11th and deny raising unexpected items in talks

Stepped-up public sector pay talks ‘could see deal in coming days’, say unions

Pay remains key issue to be addressed, but union leaders want mechanisms to consider issues such as staff numbers and housing

Public sector pay talks ‘undeniably slow’, union leader says with deadline approaching

‘Considerable work’ still to be done on deal that had negotiators had hoped could be drawn up before Christmas

Unions and voluntary organisations seek clarity on funding for agreed pay increases

Some 5,000 staff were due to take indefinite action as part of a long-running dispute before recent deal was reached

Public pay talks: Increases in line with inflation remain key priority for unions

It is unacceptable that living standards for workers fell when Government revenue was ‘buoyant’, union representative says

Q&A: Public sector talks are about to get underway, what are all sides looking for?

The future pay of the State’s public sector health professionals, teachers, gardaí, army, local authority workers and civil servants among others will all be up for discussion over the coming weeks

Voluntary sector health and social care workers vote overwhelmingly to accept pay deal

Agreement includes 8% pay rise and commitment by Government to work towards a restoration of parity with public sector workers

Public sector pay talks to begin within days as unions meet to consider strategy

Paschal Donohoe says discussions will be ‘difficult’ as unions call for Government to move on from post-crash mindset

An Bord Pleanála officials ‘restive’ over move to rename planning body

Plan to rebrand body An Coimisiún Pleanála is part of effort to restore confidence in planning system

Administrative staff at HSE to escalate dispute over staffing levels

Fórsa union informs HSE its members will expand on actions being taken as part of ‘work to rule’ ongoing since October 6th

Care workers strike averted as deal reached at WRC

Strike had been expected to impact on thousands of service users many with disabilities

Late-night talks continue aimed at averting strike by care workers

Government and unions continued negotiations at WRC on Monday evening as prospect of strike from 8am on Tuesday loomed

Voluntary bodies seek ‘urgent’ intervention by Taoiseach to prevent strike

Dispute threatens to deprive thousands of service users of health and social supports

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