Local FORSA member gives cautious welcome to new school secretary deal
A local FORSA representative has given a cautious welcome the new agreement that will see all school secretaries transfer to a new pay-scale aligned with the public service clerical officer scale. The trade union which represented the school sectaries, FORSA negotiated the deal. It’s thought the new deal…
WRC talks taking place to resolve School Secretaries dispute
Representatives from the Forsa Trade Union, Department of Education and Department of Finance are due to meet today at the Workplace Relations Committee to try and resolve the issue where all school secretaries would be treated on an equal footing. Currently there is a two-tier pay system in operation…
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 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…
Fórsa writes to Department of Education seeking resolution to current school secretaries dispute
The Fórsa trade union has written to the Department of Education and Skills seeking a commitment that the department will agree to utilise the services of the Workplace Relations Commission in an effort to resolve the current school secretaries’ dispute.The union has advised school secretary members that the work to…
North West schools to be disrupted by Forsa strike action
Industrial action by school secretaries across the north west 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. Forsa says most secretaries earn just 12,500 euro a…