Organisation: Fórsa

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Two public sector unions vote to accept pay deal
The deal will see 385,000 public servants given an effective 10.25% pay hike over the next three years

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024

Patients could face longer waits as medical secretaries retire during HSE recruitment freeze 
Patients could face longer waits as medical secretaries retire during HSE recruitment freeze 
Patients could face longer waits for appointments as retired medical secretaries are not being replaced due to the HSE recruitment freeze, Fórsa has warned.

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

'A national disgrace' that elder care is now mainly delivered by private companies
'A national disgrace' that elder care is now mainly delivered by private companies
All-island healthcare conference organised by Fórsa and Unison unions hears that privatisation in healthcare is 'a monster that keeps on growing'

Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Storm clouds cast shadow on economy
Irish Examiner view: Storm clouds cast shadow on economy
We have enjoyed a period of relative calm in industrial relations, but what's next?

Mon, 08 Jan, 2024

Lansdowne House Workplace Relations Commission
Donohoe blames stalled pay talks on unions 'raising new items'
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said he had already made a 'significant concession'  several weeks ago

Wed, 20 Dec, 2023

Lansdowne House Workplace Relations Commission
Unions threaten strike if deal on public service wage structure not in place by end of year
The current Building Momentum pay deal is due to expire within days

Wed, 20 Dec, 2023

HSE admin staff to stop answering phones and emails as dispute escalates
HSE admin staff to stop answering phones and emails as dispute escalates
Industrial action in response to recruitment freeze will affect work in hospitals and primary care centres as well as HSE headquarters

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023

'Considerable work' still to be done to finalise public pay talks
'Considerable work' still to be done to finalise public pay talks
'Progress has been undeniably slow so far, and that is disappointing,' said Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023

Cork protestors stage 'die-in' in solidarity with Palestine 
Cork protestors stage 'die-in' in solidarity with Palestine 
Speakers call on Government to implement the Occupied Territories Bill as Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza

Sat, 09 Dec, 2023

'We have 300 vacancies in CUH': Staff hold #EndTheFreeze protests at hospitals
'We have 300 vacancies in CUH': Staff hold #EndTheFreeze protests at hospitals
At lunchtime #EndTheFreeze protests around the country against the HSE recruitment freeze, staff expressed frustrations at growing lists of vacancies

Thu, 07 Dec, 2023

No new management consultancy deals in HSE without Gloster sign-off 
No new management consultancy deals in HSE without Gloster sign-off 
HSE chief executive has directed that no new deals with external management consultants can be put in place without his personal approval

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

New disability alliance urges Government to pay Section 39 carers more
New disability alliance urges Government to pay Section 39 carers more
Campaigners concerned about carers' strike action due to start on Tuesday but say they support their calls for better pay and conditions

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

Care crisis: 'Staff have had to bag pack for their own salaries or to pay the heating bill'
Care crisis: 'Staff have had to bag pack for their own salaries or to pay the heating bill'
Staff of voluntary and community groups are paid much less than HSE and Tusla workers — despite delivering the same care services for the State, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

Asian nurse taking care of mature male patient sitting on wheelchair in hospital. Young woman and old man wearing surgical face
5,000 community and voluntary sector agency health workers announce indefinite strike
Unions say the strike action will involve thousands of health and community workers in a variety of grades and in multiple locations, bringing services to a halt

Mon, 25 Sep, 2023

Nurse comforting patient at patient's home
'We are paid less, which is unfair': Healthcare assistants to ballot for strike action 
Dispute centres on different rates of pay for people working in organisations part-funded by the HSE and those employed directly by the HSE 

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

FILE PHOTO Fórsa's has announced strike action by HSE and health workers for September this year following a ballot of its membe
Forsa hits out at 'disingenuous' HSE response to plan for industrial action
A ballotof dietitians, orthoptics, occupational therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, social work and social care staff resulted in a 93.5% vote in favour of action

Thu, 17 Aug, 2023

Comforting hands. Close-up. Surgical gloves.
Homecare workers ‘likely’ to be balloted for strike action over pay
The dispute centres on different rates of pay for people working in organisations part-funded by the HSE and those employed directly by the HSE

Fri, 11 Aug, 2023

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
HSE clerical and admin staff to start industrial action in early September
The decision to start industrial action was backed by 93.3% of Fórsa union members

Fri, 11 Aug, 2023

Menopause study
Menopause and menstruation plan to help employers improve workplace policies
Norah Casey said: 'Not all women suffer debilitating menopausal symptoms, but those that do are often not receiving the support they require to remain in their jobs'

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

Cork City Library staff call for barring orders and injunctions to permanently ban protesters
Cork City Library staff call for barring orders and injunctions to permanently ban protesters
Request follows spate of protests over LGBT+ reading material which has forced the library to close on a number of occasions

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

Fergus Finlay: We need to recognise the recent acts of hate for what they truly are
Fergus Finlay: We need to recognise the recent acts of hate for what they truly are
Libraries, and librarians, don’t just transform young lives. They offer shelter, comfort, warmth to older people, poorer people, lonely people

Tue, 18 Jul, 2023

Public urged to support Cork library workers abused over LGBT+ reading material
Public urged to support Cork library workers abused over LGBT+ reading material
Library staff are set to march from Grand Parade to City Hall at 12.30pm on Friday

Thu, 06 Jul, 2023

Intimidation over LGBT+ material forces Cork library staff to march on City Hall
Intimidation over LGBT+ material forces Cork library staff to march on City Hall
Library staff are set to march from Grand Parade to City Hall at 12.30pm on Friday

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

An Bord Pleanala / Cobblestone
Mick Clifford: Kenny exit shuts the book on 'annus horribilis' for An Bord Pleanála
The exit of the board’s planning director means that whoever is appointed chairperson of An Bord Pleanála will now have a clean slate with which to work, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Gloster orders HSE to slash spend on management consultants by €40m
Gloster orders HSE to slash spend on management consultants by €40m
The INMO said: “We want the HSE’s over-reliance on external management consultancy agencies to cease.” 

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar officially opens new wing at The Mater Hospital
Donnelly backs Fórsa's call for audit of HSE spend on external experts 
Minister responds to union position after 'Irish Examiner' revealed that CUH spent some €608,000 in three months on consultancy services

Sat, 27 May, 2023

€5k pay gap between HSE and voluntary sector hurting services for children and vulnerable
€5k pay gap between HSE and voluntary sector hurting services for children and vulnerable
Children with disabilities waiting for an assessment of need are one group facing a huge backlog

Fri, 26 May, 2023

Key staff at Cork University Hospital told not to cooperate with PWC consultants
Key staff at Cork University Hospital told not to cooperate with PWC consultants
Fórsa trade union has written to its members in the hospital advising them cease interacting with these consultants and not to attend or participate in meetings with them.

Tue, 23 May, 2023

An Bord Pleanala / Cobblestone
Renaming An Bord Pleanála is a collective punishment for employees, says trade union
Under the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 recently launched by the Department of Housing, An Bord Pleanála would be rebranded as a commission named An Coimisiún Pleanála

Sat, 20 May, 2023

Stay Away!
From ventilation to violence, unions push for policies to promote safety of school staff
Fórsa and INTO conferences highlight the risks their members face at work  

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023

Special needs assistant: 'For 18 years, I didn't know if I would have a job in September'
Special needs assistant: 'For 18 years, I didn't know if I would have a job in September'
Every year, many SNAs find out if they have a job for the following year from a spreadsheet published online

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023

Students sitting in amphitheater
Jess Casey: People with disabilities still face challenges getting into third level
Special needs assistants tell Fórsa's education conference that students are being excluded at the first rung of the ladder

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023

Photo of Sad girl looking out of window
'Funds needed to match rising number of children at risk of quitting school'
Fórsa says funding must match the continuing rise in the number of young people presenting with mental health challenges

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

'Substantial increases' to public sector pay needed to retain and recruit teachers in Ireland 
'Substantial increases' to public sector pay needed to retain and recruit teachers in Ireland 
The current public service pay agreement, Building Momentum, expires at the end of 2023. Talks on a successor agreement are expected to take place in the coming months

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Vacant posts a major concern as teachers prepare for union conferences
Vacant posts a major concern as teachers prepare for union conferences
With covid concerns now largely in the rear-view mirror, teachers' union conferences are set to discuss more traditional concerns such as class sizes, pay, vacancies, and lack of substitute cover.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

'Archaic' system sees support staff assaulted at work get less leave than healthcare colleagues
'Archaic' system sees support staff assaulted at work get less leave than healthcare colleagues
Siptu was among the unions highlighting "unequal treatment of benefits which are afforded to support workers by their employer, even if they are assaulted in the same incident as other grades of staff".

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

Serious, overworked, very sad male health care worker
Hundreds of cases of physical, sexual, and verbal abuse of nurses investigated
INMO and Siptu will tell Oireachtas committee today staff are suffering as tempers boil over in the wake of hospital overcrowding

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

'Services will be brought to halt' if hundreds of health and care staff strike 
'Services will be brought to halt' if hundreds of health and care staff strike 
Ireland’s largest public sector trade union said the action will likely involve hundreds of staff, as it slammed a 'foot-dragging' approach by Government on pay and conditions inequality

Thu, 26 Jan, 2023

Illustration of people building with balanced shape blocks
Mick Clifford: Refusal to publish reports into An Bord Pleanála not likely to instill confidence
While the housing minister is introducing some measures to reform An Bord Pleanála, the problems go far beyond issues of management fuzziness, writes Mick Clifford

Wed, 11 Jan, 2023

Chaplains say reports being 'censored and sanitised' by Irish Prison Service
Chaplains say reports being 'censored and sanitised' by Irish Prison Service
Chaplains dismiss purported concerns about GDPR, saying they are already aware of the need to anonymise information about prisoners

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Working From Home
Trials of four-day working week hailed as 'a resounding success'
Increased revenues for employers and reduced stress for staff reported in first study

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

Working From Home
Firms plan to continue four-day week after successful trial
A number of participating firms reported an increase in revenue and reduced energy usage while participating in the trial

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

Taoiseach claims confidence 'can be restored' in An Bord Pleanála 
Taoiseach claims confidence 'can be restored' in An Bord Pleanála 
Speaking in Thurles, Micheál Martin said the 'fundamental overhaul of the planning system' initiated last year will lead to the publication of new planning legislation

Fri, 04 Nov, 2022

An Bord Pleanala appointments
Union demands to see An Bord Pleanála internal review in full
Fórsa assistant secretary general Ian McDonald said that a number of its members 'no longer had confidence' in some of the people in management positions at An Bord Pleanála

Thu, 03 Nov, 2022

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