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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...
Proposed new public service pay deal backed by nurses, rejected by doctors New accord very likely to be formally ratified by public service unions next Tuesday Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:16 Updated: Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:54 The proposed new public service pay agreement has been decisively supported by nurses but overwhelmingly rejected by doctors. The vote by nurses to support the proposed agreement on Friday means that it is very likely to be formally ratified by the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) at a meeting next Tuesday. Members of the Irish...
We made history ! Thanks so much for all the support . I may be the first woman GS in UNISON but I won’t be the last . @unisontheunion Unison could play a huge part in transforming our society. As the predominant union in local government, healthcare, social care, and a number of other sectors vital to public welfare and social reproduction, its members could be extraordinarily powerful if supported to organise themselves and make use of the leverage they hold. The 20-year tenure of Dave Prentis, the union’s outgoing general secretary, has been marked by conservatism and a reluctance t...