Community employment supervisors are taking part in lunchtime protests outside the offices of Donegal TD and Education Minister Joe McHugh.
Supervisors say the government has failed to implement a Labour Court recommendation regarding their right to a pension.
In a ballot, 91% of CE supervisors, who are members of the SIPTU and Forsa trade unions, voted in favour of industrial action.
Kate Campbell is secretary of the CE Supervisors Network in Donegal.
