Warning ahead of Labour Court recommendation

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is poised to take further strike action if they are unhappy with the Labour Court’s imminent recommendation on a draft contract for nurses and midwives. Following the two-and-a-half hour formal court hearing on the disputed contract yesterday, the nurses’ union warned that the threat of further industrial action remained.

The contract is the most contentious part of the negotiations on a resolution of the dispute. INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha told the court that the contract proposals were “totally counterproductive” and would represent “a step back” for recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.