Union dues row threatens ambulance service

An ambulance service that is heavily reliant on overtime faces significant disruption next month if up to 600 personnel go ahead with a threat not to work outside rostered hours.

The threat has arisen on foot of refusal by the HSE to process the union subscriptions of staff who used to be members of Siptu, but who now belong to the National Ambulance Service Representative Association (NASRA), an affiliate of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA).