Union warns of threat to 5,000 jobs in community and voluntary sector

Wicklow HSE branch member Margaret Coughlan made the claim as the conference unanimously backed a range of motions committing the union to fighting pay cuts, restoring pay scales and opposing job losses in the sector.
Ms Coughlan made reference to the recently-published, IMPACT-commissioned Harvey Report, which projected the scale of the job losses. She said the 5,000 figure may even be “cautious and conservative”.