Fórsa

Leaders of country’s four largest public service unions met on Monday to consider escalation of their dispute over a new pay deal

Fórsa members were due to take part in a 72-hour work stoppage next week over staffing issues

Work-to-rule among large portions of civil and public service began on Wednesday

More than 100,000 civil and public servants commenced a work-to rule on Wednesday

Move comes as unions exert pressure on Coalition to start talks on new pay agreement

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A number of stoppages were staged during the summer before an agreement was brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission

Association represents about 2,000 laboratory scientists, who carry out diagnostic testing in public hospitals

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Deal includes five weeks’ pay for every year worked, unions insist on voluntary departures

Members of ASTI to begin work-to-rule on October 5th and will strike nine days later if ‘meaningful’ pay talks are not under way

Provision will be made in budget for new deal despite the lack of agreement, Minister says

Industrial action by over 160,000 public sector workers due to begin later this month

Union says ballot result is ‘an emphatic mandate from teachers in primary and special schools who are struggling to make ends meet’

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Association of retired staff campaigning against a claimed break in the link between their pensions and current staff pay

A further strike if necessary ‘is also planned’, Irish Congress of Trade Unions says, as it puts pressure on Government over new pay deal

Fórsa, Siptu and INMO have all said they will take action on September 30th

Nursing union says members dissatisfied with Government’s ‘lack of urgency’ over cost-of-living pressures they are facing

Minister for Public Expenditure made the remarks while insisting the Government wants a ‘fair’ public pay deal

Any action would have ‘serious effects right across the public sector’, according to union chief Kevin Callinan

Siptu members overwhelmingly back industrial action, while 100,000-member Fórsa will announce the outcome of its ballot on Tuesday

Staff were planning 48-hour strike from Monday over concerns around conditions in child detention centre

Agreement has been reached to increase staffing levels, although concerns remain about lack of capacity and an increase in detainees ‘acting out’

Industrial action at child detention centre planned for next week is paused until outcome of union ballot

Airline seeking to lay off up to 500 workers to cut costs

Oberstown has recently seen an increase the number of boys it is certified to accommodate, from 40 to 42

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Staff held work stoppage on Tuesday as tensions with management over staff levels and working conditions worsen

Next week’s stoppage set to last 48 hours if no progress is achieved in resolving dispute, says union

State’s only child-detention facility is engaged in an industrial relations row with its employees

Management at facility challenges claims on staffing and safety, noting independent review on way

Department of Children says work stoppages are ‘not in keeping with agreed dispute resolution processes’

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School secretaries and caretakers aged 40 or over would get tax-free lump sums under Labour Court recommendation

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Move comes after exploratory meetings between Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Department of Public Expenditure failed to reach deal

‘Clear and decisive’ result shows SNAs do not have confidence in the plan, Fórsa trade union says