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Community employment supervisors warn of strike ballot over access to pension scheme Siptu sets mid-April deadline for Government to table proposals to resolve issue Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 09:23   Community employment scheme supervisors are to ballot for strike action if the Government does not table proposals by the end of next week to deal with a long-running dispute over access to a pension scheme. The move would mark the reactivation of industrial action which saw hundreds of community employment scheme supervisors stage a one-day strike in February 2020, just before the onset of the Covid-1...

Industry and Employment Correspondent SIPTU has expressed fears that a new government tender for the expansion of employment services could threaten the jobs of up to 300 members working in community-based Local Employment Services offices.  These staff assist unemployed people with supports ranging from literacy to interview skills to job placements. While the services are funded by the Department of Social Protection, the staff are not government employees.  In a letter to the Minister for Social Protection, SIPTU Sector Organiser Jane Boushell urged Heather Humphreys not to change the cu...