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550 workers left the electrical union Connect in March of 2017.
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550 workers left the electrical union Connect in March of 2017.
Irish Rail staff last month held a series of strikes in protest of their pay levels.
The Public Pay Commission is to examine what are the main reasons for the recruitment and retention of staff in some sectors.
Minister Paschal Donohoe says only public sector workers inside a new agreement will benefit from it.
The union will ballot its members on the proposed agreement in the coming weeks.
The INTO said that the pay deal did not address the issue of pay inequality for newcomers to the profession.
Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, want efficiency improvements before they implement the pay deal. Workers say that’s not what was agreed.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform says will be found through “efficiencies and savings”.
The next few months look bleak for industrial relations in the public sector, writes Dr Michelle O’Sullivan.
Another set of strikes sees services stop at 9pm tonight.
It ends three months of negotiation and, if approved by members, would avert a possible strike.
The Labour Court recommended an 8.25% increase over three years.
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland feel that the issue of ‘flex’ hour contracts has not been dealt with sufficiently.
The majority of members in the Irish Federation of University Teachers approved the revised public sector pay agreement.
The teachers’ unions both decided today to recommend a ballot of their members. The move comes after a number of unions accepted the deal.
A ballot of INTO members showed that 63 per cent are in favour of the proposals.
The union says the new proposals don’t address its concerns about the broader economic effect of public pay cuts.
The INMO had rejected the Croke Park II pay deal but has said the new deal is the best available for its members
The Irish Federation of University Teachers says it has hired a senior barrister to examine the constitutionality of the proposed deal to see if it can be challenged in the courts.
Negotiations have “concluded” on the Haddington Road deal, said the junior finance minister, adding less favourable conditions will apply to those unions who reject it.
The Irish Federation of University Teachers said it was up to the official side to prove that talks on a new pay deal are not just an attempt to persuade people to accept proposals that have already been rejected.
A new opinion poll has also found that the majority of respondents want the government to try to renegotiate the Croke Park pay agreement.
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The Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants have said the proposals were “unfair” and “disproportionate” on its 2,700 members.
Gardaí, nurses and firefighters will see their pay cut by between 3 and 11 per cent under the pay deal, says the 24/7 Frontline Services Alliance.
Regional Secratary of UNITE hit out at the government, accusing it of “subverting the democratic process”.
Croke Park 2 is a serious reversal of rights won by trade unions over decades. If rejected, it will be the union leaders that will come under question, writes Kieran Allen.
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Andrew Moss leaves as chief executive of the insurer, after shareholders voted against the pay deal for a new UK CEO.