Childminding Ireland staff to strike over redundancies

Staff at Childminding Ireland are set to begin indefinite strike action from next month unless management withdraws compulsory redundancy notices, according to trade union representatives.

The Impact union is also calling on management at the organisation to engage with staff over proposed restructuring plans.

Five of the six staff at Childminding Ireland were issued with individual redundancy notices approximately six weeks ago, even though Impact says the State-funded body “is not experiencing financial difficulties and has produced no business plan to justify redundancies”.