Local Authority staff to step up industrial action from next week
Fórsa members working in Local Authorities around the country are set to escalate their industrial action from next week. They are currently embroiled in a dispute over the lack of a job evaluation scheme for workers in the sector. A 24-hour email ban will come into effect on Friday, September…
Local authorities urged to find solution to end ongoing industrial action
Calls continue for all local representatives in Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal to put pressure on the relevant bodies to address the retention and recruitment crisis in the local authority. The call comes as local authority continue indefinite industrial action. Employees, who are represented by the Forsa trade union, are refusing…
A number of sectors within HSE to take industrial action
HSE clerical and administrative staff across the North West have served notice of industrial action. It comes following the results of a ballot last week, in which Fórsa members voted over a dispute on outsourcing and a recruitment ban. The industrial action will begin next month. The union ballot, which…
Government urged to find a solution as firefighter strikes continue
Retained fire fighters across the North West are currently engaging in strike action again this afternoon. They’re resuming industrial action after voting to reject a Labour Court recommendation on pay and working hours, but will cover life-threatening emergencies. Speaking to Ocean FM News from the picket line, Independent TD Marc…
Sligo County Council urge SIPTU to reconsider industrial action
Sligo County Council have called on SIPTU and the retained firefighters to reconsider their proposed industrial action. It comes as fire services across the country are gearing up for an all-out strike, starting next week. Industrial action began this week, with 50% of retained firefighters around the country striking on…
Crisis within fire service result of “years of inaction”
Years of inaction has resulted in a recruitment and retention crisis within the fire service both at a local and national level. That’s according to Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy who was speaking as half of the country’s “retained” part-time firefighters are set to strike tomorrow. The first phase of…
Calls made to urgently resolve firefighter strike
As industrial action continues today by retained fire fighters, calls have been made for Minister Darragh O’Brien to resolve the crisis which is putting the lives of firefighters and the public at risk. Donegal Sinn Féín TD Pádraig MacLochlainn says the core issues at the heart of the dispute is…