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Aer Lingus
@ialpa
pilots begin their 8-hour strike today, alongside an indefinite work to rule.
But there is a solution to this.
It's to pay pilots in line with inflation - a reasonable pay claim especially from a company that has had a 400% increase in profit.
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Racism has no place in Irish society. It does nothing but rip our communities apart.
That's why we're at the
#IrelandForAll
march today. Trade unions are a movement built on solidarity, proud to fight for workers and proud to stand together!
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We stand with communities.
We stand with migrants.
We stand with ALL workers.
Anyone peddling racism instead of real solutions doesn't care about you or your family.
After the violence last night in Dublin, we're again calling on workers of Ireland to reject hatred & division.
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The far-right are escalating in Ireland.
The people they've been targeting - refugees, the LGBTQ+ community, library workers - have been warning us.
They do not represent working people. And they've no solutions to the real crises we face.
Stand in solidarity, stand together!
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We're in Cork to say it loud and clear!
📢
@CorkCityCouncil
- Support and protect Cork City Library Workers!
📢Hate Speech is not Free Speech
We stand proudly with our members who are facing harassment and abuse, and with the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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New boss threatening to fire you and half the staff by email?
Join a union.
#TwitterLayOffs
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📢📢School secretaries have today voted overwhelmingly to accept a historic new package of pay and working conditions, which places them all on public service salary rates after a decades-long campaign for pay equity.
#SupportOurSecretaries
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Racism has no place in Irish society.
Intimidating people in Direct Provision will do nothing except scare vulnerable people and rip our communities apart.
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Fórsa's
@RichyCarrothers
- "Our row isn't with that lot over there. Our row is with
@corkcitycouncil
& their failure to protect people in their workplaces.
We're here to stand shoulder to shoulder with our members in the library & across the country, & with the LGBTQ+ community"
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We’re at the solidarity rally in Dublin today, with workers from across Ireland to say:
Hope, not hate.
Unity, not division.
Solidarity, not violence.
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We proudly represent hardworking library staff across Ireland. They do integral work, including creating inclusive communities.
They should be applauded - not abused.
We support our dedicated members and won't accept any intimidation of our members in their workplaces!
Public library staff have been issued with instructions to secure buildings, alert gardaí and avoid commenting to the media in response to rising numbers of protesters seeking to remove LGBTQ+ books aimed at young people
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Why are Aer Lingus pilots on strike today?
Hear from Mark Tighe, president of
@IALPA
, on why they won't accept a de facto pay cut from a company that has had a 400% increase in profit.
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Today's the day. Support your local school secretary in their national day of action in whatever way you can.
#SupportOurSecretaries
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We don't usually do political tweets, but today we'll make an exception.
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📍Tomorrow at 12:30pm, Grand Parade, Cork. Support Cork City Library Workers!
Hate Speech isn't Free Speech
Hate Speech isn't Free Speech
Hate Speech isn't Free Speech
Hate Speech isn't Free Speech
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Our deepest sympathy to those hurt in today's horrific attack.
And our deepest thanks and solidarity to those trying to protect Dublin and its people tonight. Those rioting don't represent the people of Ireland.
Stand together, stand strong.
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Enough is enough. Industrial action notice for
@HSElive
93.3% of clerical admin & managerial members voted in favour of:
-NO to stealth privatisation
-NO to unfair recruitment pause for just these roles
-NO to millions for external consultants while direct staff posts lay vacant
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We're here at the
#IrelandForAll
march!
To be a trade unionist is to know we're more powerful together.
We're proud of an Ireland that believes in Diversity - Not Division. And we're proud to stand with our union members, no matter who they are or where they come from.
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We want the bins back!
@RichyCarrothers
presented at an Oireachtas Committee today on why bringing waste services back under public ownership would be better for workers, service users and the environment.
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Fórsa to donate €100,000 to the
@UNICEF
Gaza Crisis Emergency Appeal.
"The scale of the unfolding human catastrophe in Gaza demands a massive humanitarian response.
Almost half of Gaza’s population are children, more than 1,200 of whom have been killed." -
@kcallinan50
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📢STRIKE SUSPENDED for Community & Volunteer workers!
After late night negotiations, the indefinite strike won’t be going ahead this morning.
This wouldn't have happened without the strength & resolve of our incredible members. Thank you💚Emails coming.
Everyone
#JoinAUnion
!
Breaking: Today’s planned strike by health and social care workers in the community and voluntary sector has been called off. Talks at the WRC between unions and Government representatives ended shortly after 3am this morning with an agreement on pay.
@rtenews
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Fórsa is preparing for the possibility of industrial action at the Oberstown youth detention centre following the placement of a young female detainee into a new mixed-gender unit. Read more ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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An attack on one is an attack on all 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Motions passed at
#ForsaLocalAuthorities
to support our members in libraries subjected to abuse and intimidation by anti-LGBTQ+ agitators. And we resolve to protect our members and to continue to stand with the LGBTQ+ community 💚
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Today's the day!
Our trade union members are on their way from across the country to join
@LeCheileDND
's
#IrelandForAll
rally.
See you all at Parnell Square at 1:30pm.
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🚨STRIKE BALLOT
It has now reached the point where we are backing indefinite strike action for 100s of health & care workers.
And we'll be covering the wage costs of the strikers.
Unequal pay is forcing people out of their jobs. Enough is enough.
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.
@AerLingus
want
@IALPA
pilots to give 15 days strike notice, instead of the 7 days legally required.
Why? Because after 14 days notice, customers aren't entitled to compensation...
After 4 years without a pay increase, apparently pilots aren't entitled to fair wages either.
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⚡️Solidarity rally, 1pm on Monday, 27 November. GPO in Dublin.
Our message below, of thanks and solidarity.
Those spreading hate and fear have nothing to offer anyone. Stand together, stand strong.
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Greetings from Ireland's newest trade union. Our temporary home at will give you the basics, and we'll be posting news and updates here and at
#newunion
#NewYearNewYou
#F
órsa
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“SNAs did their bit to ensure that schools opened up from 11th February on the basis that, among other safeguards, they would be prioritised for vaccines."
@apike1
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We’re out in full force today as part of the
#RespectForSNAs
campaign calling for the increase in the minimum essential qualifications for SNAs
@apike1
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Some of our incredible members and officials on the way in to the Oireachtas Education Committee as they make their case for higher minimum qualifications for SNAs
#RespectForSNAs
@lindaosull88
@apike1
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We're proud to support an
#IrelandForAll
!!!
Join us at the Solidarity March this Saturday 18 February, 1:30pm at Parnell Square 🙌🏿🙌🏽🙌🏻
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We want the bins back!🚮🚮
Today, we joined with other trade unions outside Leinster House to demand that waste services be brought back under public services.
Privatisation has not led to better services - just more profit for a small number of people
#MorePowerToYou
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Fórsa's
@apike1
said SNAs will feel let down by the reported change in Government Covid-19 vaccination policy, which had promised to ensure they would be within the first 30% of the population to receive the jab.
📌
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SNA exclusion from Oireachtas discussion ‘Elitist and insulting’ Fórsa has described the exclusion of SNAs and other school staff from attending today’s session of the Oireachtas Special Committee on the Covid-19 Response as ‘elitist and insulting’.
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Working 5 days a week 😰
Working 4 days a week 😎
The 4 day week is coming - and Ireland should lead the way!
All the research proves it's better for employees AND for productivity, recruitment, and retention.
@4DayWeekIreland
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.
@AerLingus
pilots have voted YES (99%) to industrial action, up to strikes.
If management agree to a fair pay deal, this can be averted.
How did our members in
@IALPA
get here?
- No pay rise since 2019
- Bumper profits but won’t match wages to inflation
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It’s time to recognise and respect the vital work of SNAs. We're calling on parents, principals, teachers and all school staff to stand with SNAs by supporting our national campaign calling for higher minimum standards of qualification for all SNAs.
#RespectforSNAs
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Our
#IALPA
members began their industrial action at 01:00hrs this morning. Great public support on the picket line at Dublin Airport
#RyanairStrike
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ALL OUT on February 18th!!
Time to say very clearly
#RefugeesWelcome
and
#RacistsOut
⏰Feb 18th, 1:30pm
📌Parnell square, Dublin
➡️Info
Huge turnout for the our solidarity rally 🔥🌈📢
The message is clear:
#RefugeesWelcome
#racistsout
🔥
#LeCheileDND
#DiversityNotDivision
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We reject the government’s refusal to recognise SNAs call for higher minimum qualification standards. We're calling on parents, principals and teachers to stand with SNAs by supporting our campaign for greater respect and recognition. Please share this message.
#RespectforSNAs
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📢📢IMPORTANT NOTICE: The national one-day strike by school secretaries and caretakers, scheduled for tomorrow, has been deferred after significant concessions.
More below⬇️
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SNAs and teachers call for postponement of schools’ reopening
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Our members across the country hold the community of
#Creeslough
in our thoughts today, along with the emergency, rescue and medical workers engaged in the response.
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The Four Day Work Week trial results are out!
💯of employees want to continue
⬆️Sleep went from 7.02 hours to 7.72
⬇️Stress, burnout, fatigue & work-family conflict decreased
♀️ Women reported significantly greater improvement in life satisfaction and larger gains in sleep time
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🚨Win!
One of our school secretaries was underpaid for 20+ years, and had to work a 2nd job to build up enough contributions for her pension.
We’re delighted to get a €26,000 settlement for them. A hard case but a fair outcome.
If you want fair pay for your work,
#JoinAUnion
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"Our loss and grief are the same as everyone else's."
Shockingly, School Secretaries have no entitlement to Bereavement Leave. Well done to the branch who had their motion to fight against this passed unanimously
Just one of the many important motions passed at
#Forsa2024
today
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Huge crowds at
#IrelandForAll
!!
Proud of our members who've travelled from around the country to say
#RefugeesWelcome
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Solidarity to our members in Grand Parade Library, Cork. We won't accept any intimidation of our members in their workplaces!
We proudly represent library staff across Ireland. They do integral work, including creating inclusive communities. They should be applauded - not abused
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"In our thousands, in our millions, we are ALL Palestinians"
Welcoming our esteemed guest, Dr Jihan Wahba Abdalmajid, Palestinian Ambassador, to
#Forsa2024
conference 💚🇵🇸💚🇵🇸
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⚡️Strike on today⚡️
No one working in disability and homeless services wants to go on strike. But what choice do they have when they are in crisis, and the government won’t do what’s right? Equal service should mean equal pay
@donnellystephen
@annerabbitte
#ValuingCare
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Ireland’s school secretaries are to stage a one-day strike on Wednesday 15th September, and will gather in the capital for a national rally on the same day.
School secretaries to strike after Government let-down
#SupportOurSecretaries
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Solidarity from all of us in Fórsa to the 150,000 trade unions members in Northern Ireland on strike today.
We fully stand with the public service workers in their fight to protect pay and services.
General Secretary Owen Reidy “All our affiliate unions in the Republic of Ireland stand full square behind the 150,000 trade union members taking industrial action tomorrow"
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"We want everyone to feel loved, included, and safe. We reject hate."
Fórsa's
@SNAsSpeakOut
at the solidarity rally today, offering our complete support to education staff, and the children our members support every single day.
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Linda O’Sullivan, an SNA who works with students in a primary school early intervention special class, told the Committee the official educational qualification for entry into the profession belies the complexity, skills and training needed for the job.
#RespectForSNAs
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“Up to a few months ago we thought we had no voice. We felt downtrodden. That suited the Minister &previous Ministers. But we’re not downtrodden any more. We’ve found our voice and we’re not going to stay quiet”. It’s time for equal pay in our schools.
#SupportOurSecretaries
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"This is all infinitely fixable, if there is leadership"
@lindabtweeting
with
@apike1
told the Joint Committee on Autism that we're looking at systematic failure for students with special needs & the professionals who support them. Listen back below to some of Fórsa's solutions
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A rally is taking place tomorrow (Saturday) in Dublin to stop the rise of the politics of hate. See below for more information
#SpeakersUnicorner
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An update has just been issued by
@apike1
to members in schools about the need to pause new Covid special education policy to allow for urgent discussions.
📌 Read that here:
📌 More on our website, here:
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Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan has officially been elected as the new President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
@irishcongress
#BDC21
#NoGoingBack
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🔴BREAKING NEWS 🔴
Public service pay talks - deal proposed.
Here’s what’s on the table:
Feb 2022: +3%
March 2023: +2%
Oct 2023: +1.5% or €750 (whichever is the greater)
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“If I retire in ten years time, I will leave with six days of holiday pay. That’s it. None of us have pensions, some of us must sign-on in the summer months. It’s demoralising." School secretary Paula Harrington speaking to
@irishexaminer
this morning.
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Happy International Women's Day!
Have you heard of Rosie Hackett? Co-founder of the Irish Women Workers’ Union and a fierce force in the Dublin Lockout.
In Irish history, many women were written out. We’re proud to honour her and other women trade unionists today.
#IWD2024
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Today we remember the crew of Irish Coastguard helicopter Rescue 116, members of our union with
@IALPA
. We remember their families, friends and colleagues, may they rest in peace.
#R116
@IrishCoastGuard
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Special needs assistants need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible, says union (via
@IrishTimes
)
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Why did the public sector pay talks adjourn?
Because the offer from the government didn’t address the cumulative gap between wages & inflation.
Listen below to what the initial offer would have meant in real terms for workers. 1/2
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It used to be a 6 day working week, then it became 5. So why not 4 days now? And what would it mean?
✅Work week is 32 hours, not 40
✅No reduction in pay or productivity
✅Studies show it works
✅Better work life balance & mental health
Learn more here:
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Public Sector Pay - deal has been negotiated. What’s on the table?
- 10.25% over 2.5 years
- This is made up of pay increases of 9.25% plus a provision for a Local Bargaining mechanism equivalent to 1%
Members should check emails for further updates
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Our masks protect you. Your mask protects us. We're
#StrongerTogether
.
#ProMaskProWorker
#StPatricksDay
😷
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Do you care about disability, homeless, and health services in your community? The answer is yes...we all do.
The community and voluntary sector are keeping our communities going, but they are not paid fairly. So show your support for the Galway Fórsa
#FundUsFairly
rally!
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We're at the
@ipsc48
National Demonstration for Palestine.
We're still marching - and won't stop - until there's a
#CeasefireNow
in Gaza.
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#CeasefireNow
!
We're outside the Dáil with healthcare workers and
@ipsc48
, calling on the Irish government to use all means at its disposal to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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"Extraordinary times may call for extraordinary measures, but there are some norms of decency that should always be respected. The gaslighting of teachers and SNAs only serves to further divide and avoid answering important questions."
@apike1
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#SupportOurSecretaries
A meeting of school secretaries to make preparations for nationwide strike action next Friday (10th) now underway at our Dublin office. Group will rally at Dept of Education offices on Marlborough St shortly.
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Domestic abuse leave should not be paid at the same rate as sick leave.
Why? Financial control by abusers is one of the reasons people struggle to escape. Lower rates of pay mean abusers might figure out that someone is taking this type of leave.
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🙌🏾WIN! Local government workers - industrial action can end today!
We now have a road map for a Job Evaluation Scheme.
This has been resisted since 2017, so a huge day for the workers who stood up for their rights.
Check your emails for details & further updates
#JoinAUnion
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We’re at the
#CostOfLiving
protest in Dublin today.
Workers are not the cause of inflation. They’re not why people can’t pay bills, put food on the table, or why this winter is going to be so much harder.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Join the fightback -
#JoinAUnion
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"It is vitally important that SNA’s are given access to appropriate training to support the mental health needs of the students that they work with."
@garyphoner
at the Joint Committee on Education's discussion on mental health supports in schools and tertiary education.
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Solidarity from Ireland to trade unions under attack in Türkiye, who have been arrested, imprisoned, and are facing trial next week.
Trade unionism is not a crime; it's a powerful force for workers' rights and social justice.
We're with you
@sesgenelmerkezi
!
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Community & Voluntary workers are being forced to strike. Why?
Because they're not paid equally to HSE staff, so people are leaving & services collapsing. The government agrees they should fund them properly.
@DonnellyStephen
,
@rodericogorman
, why are you refusing to?
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“Some 1,000 school secretaries are to stage a one-day strike on Friday as part of a resumed campaign of industrial action over a controversial two-tier pay system.”
@IrishTimes
#SupportOurSecretaries
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Fórsa urges its 80k members to support the global climate strike demonstrations on Friday. Lunchtime protests take place in 60+ towns and cities plus major events in Cork & Dublin.
#ClimateStrike
#schoolstrike4climate
#Fridays4FutureIreland
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Congratulations to our SNA members graduating today, including
@lindaosull88
.
Time for the department
@Education_Ire
to fully recognise the higher qualifications achieved by these dedicated educational professionals.
Huge congrats to all SNAs graduating from
@SchoolofEdUCD
@ucdsnmhs
@ucddublin
National Training Programme today🎓
A huge personal commitment by all🎉
SNAs contribute in such a critical way to our education system & are core to school communities.
@josephamadigan
@Education_Ire
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Our Fórsa climbers are making great progress on
#Kilimanjaro
, reaching 4,800m this afternoon.
The crew will hope to get a few hours sleep this evening before setting off again, pushing for the final summit climb from midnight.
Keep going! We’re so proud of you all!
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Brilliant turn out for the
#RefugeesWelcome
and Dún Laoghaire For All rally today 💚💚
Proud of our members standing strong together. Well done to
@DLRForsa
👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿
Trade unions are for everyone!
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It’s Cody’s last day. Our general secretary retires this afternoon after an accomplished and esteemed career. He led the campaign for pay restoration and was instrumental in the creation of Ireland’s largest public service union. Thank you Shay, and best of luck for the future.
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Who doesn't want to work a 4-Day week?
The research shows:
📈Increased productivity
🧲Better staff retention
👋🏾Easier recruitment
🧘🏾Better work life balance
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Solidarity with
#DeliverooRidersStrike
. Let's stand behind these workers, don't cross the picket.
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Fórsa met public health specialists last Wednesday (24th March) to highlight the need for the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to clarify when SNAs and other schools staff would begin to receive Covid-19 vaccinations.
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Unions have made a breakthrough on pay restoration for members in 250 State-funded voluntary health and social service providers – known as Section 39 agencies – following a conciliation held under the auspices of the (WRC) yesterday.
#UnfinishedBusiness
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Who are trade unions for?
People in their first job
People close to retirement
People returning to work
People working part-time
People new to a country
People in the public sector
People in the private sector
Trade Unions are for everyone. Join us!
#JoinATradeUnion
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🚨Trade unions under attack!
Solidarity from Ireland to workers in the UK ✊🏿✊🏽
The right to strike is under attack from the UK government. They went from clapping public service workers, to threatening them. We won’t stand for it!
#ProtectRight2Strike
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School Secretary and Caretaker talks at WRC adjourned until February Department unable to commit to resolving outstanding problem of school secretaries having to sign-on during school holidays
#supportoursecretaries
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You’ll never know how much you need a union...until you need a union.
But solidarity doesn’t work if you only join when you need help.
It’s not fair if you just stand by while your colleagues win your fights for you. Workers need to unite!
#JoinAUnion
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