Sinn Féin demands operator of 999 call centres enter talks with staff to avert strike action
Staff have complained of having to ‘bid’ for holidays 18 months in advance in some cases.
Source: thejournal.ie
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Staff have complained of having to ‘bid’ for holidays 18 months in advance in some cases.
Workers balloted for industrial action at the emergency call service in recent weeks.
A previous internal Garda review found that there were more than 200,000 cancelled 911 calls between 2019 and 2020.
Emergency hotline officials work tirelessly in the shadows to ensure every distress call is answered within a fraction of a second
The report says the controversy suggests that supervision and performance management of gardaí is “weak”.