Local TD says fight for school secretaries and caretakers ‘not over’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the battle for equality for school secretaries and caretakers is not over. That’s despite agreement having been reached last week in the long-running campaign in relation to pay for school secretaries. However, Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny says there is still work to be done to…
School’s out on September 15th for Forsa Secretaries
Although the new school year is still only in its first week – it’s already been confirmed that there will be disruption for students and teachers later this month. School secretaries are to stage a one-day strike on September 15th. Forsa, which represents the workers say they’ve been…
Former Donegal garda sergeant says drug testing proposals are ‘contrary to the law’
A retired Donegal Garda sergeant says there is a fundamental flow about a proposal to introduce random drug testing for gardai. Christy Galligan says there is no legal basis for such a move. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has called on Garda management to consult with staff associations…
Forsa and Siptu members stage protest in Donegal
Forsa and Siptu union members staged a protest in Donegal town this morning in relation to the ongoing concerns over CE Supervisors pension rights. The protests took place outside the Abbey Hotel which coincided with the Ocean FM Election debate. The protest was staged to highlight the difficulties that supervisors…
Community employment supervisors to strike in NW
Community Employment Supervisors in the north west are to go on strike. The issue stems from a 2008 Labour Court Recommendation regarding pension rights that has yet to be implemented 12 years on. Speaking to OceanFM News, Niall Shanahan of FORSA says there seems to be no ‘political will’ to…
School secretaries need ‘significant progress’ at WRC talks
A north west Forsa union member says talks that are to take place at the Workplace Relations Commission in an effort to end a school secretaries dispute will have to yield real and significant progress. It’s after an ongoing work to rule by school secretaries has been suspended from this…
Forsa: Many school secretaries, caretakers on minimum wage
A north west member of the public service union Forsa says there are school secretaries and caretakers in the region who have been on the minimum wage for years. Frank Considine, a secretary in St Clare’s National School in Manorhamilton, was speaking as up to 1,000 school secretaries throughout the…