Homecare workers ‘likely’ to be balloted for strike action over pay

A dispute over differing pay rates in the homecare sector continues.

Balloting for strike action is now “extremely likely”, said the union which represents homecare workers and others in the voluntary sector caring for vulnerable people, as a dispute over pay continues.

The dispute centres on different rates of pay for people who work for organisations part-funded by the HSE, under a section 39 agreement, compared to staff working directly for the HSE while doing the same work.