Fórsa to ballot School Secretary Members
The Fórsa trade union is to ballot its school secretary members on a set of proposals designed to regularise their employment terms and conditions. The draft proposals, follow the campaign for pay equality for school secretaries. Proposals were finalised yesterday at the Workplace Relations Commission. . As a result…
More disruption for North West schools with Fórsa Industrial action
The Fórsa trade union’s School Secretaries branch, which represents more than 1,000 school secretaries in primary and secondary schools have confirmed that they will be engaging in further industrial action School secretaries will hold three one-day work stoppages on Friday 23rd October, Monday 2nd November and Friday 13th…
School secretaries secure breakthrough in their industrial action
School secretaries have secured a breakthrough in their industrial action against the department of education. They’ve been on a work-to-rule looking for an end to what they call a “two-tier pay system”. Just ten per cent of them have contracts. Yesterday Education Minister and Donegal TD Joe…
Major differences exist in education pay structures
Industrial action by some school secretaries in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim is set to go ahead on tomorrow in a row with the Department of Education over pay. A meeting between the Forsa union and department officials ended yesterday without agreement being reached. Frank Considine is a secretary in St…