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TUI votes to accept government proposals over pay and work hours
The TUI will effectively be signing up to the terms of The Landsdowne Road Agreement.
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The TUI will effectively be signing up to the terms of The Landsdowne Road Agreement.
The union represents workers in the Civil Service, An Post, FÁS and other organisations.
There was more than one reason for some Dubs fans to be happy yesterday.
The INTO also agreed to accept an invitation to go back to the talks table with the Labour Relations Commission.
You can’t spend money you don’t have, writes Seán Murphy, who says Jack O’Connor’s proposal to use the €1 billion promissory note savings and taxing the wealthy is not a viable solution.
Speaking at his party’s 1916 commemoration, the Fianna Fáil leader said that the failure of the Croke Park Agreement was a “crisis of the government’s own making”.
ICTU will meet today to formally reject the proposals, as a Labour backbencher says a ‘tweaked’ deal could be the way forward.
The Minister for Public Expenditure insisted that Croke Park II had been a “fair deal” and that the Troika would now be asking him “if Ireland is still on track”.
Minister Brendan Howlin ha said that it is “dishonest” to say that there are no consequences arising from a ‘no’ vote.
The equality audit found that changes to working hours and work sharing arrangements would disproportionately affect female public sector workers.
The Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, was addressing the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation at their annual conference in Cork.
Regional Secratary of UNITE hit out at the government, accusing it of “subverting the democratic process”.
Phil O’Shea from the IMNO said that government figures of a 1.7 per cent drop were incorrect.
The union said that the proposals on the table were “the best that could be obtained through negotiation”.
The new measures will also see gardaí refusing to volunteer for overtime on St Patrick’s Day.
The transport minister says unions who left the Croke Park 2 talks left members “high and dry” and cannot get concessions.
The new set of options could see gardaí refuse to work overtime without a written request from the officer in charge.
With unions set to ballot on the proposed agreement, what do you think of the proposal?
The incident took place last night in Blachardstown, Dublin 15.
In a strongly-worded statement, the trade union said that they were prepared to go to war with government.
Trumpeting their success with the promissory note last week, up against the unions this week. We are not out of the woods yet, not by a long shot, writes Kieran Allen.
Gardaí are due to start enforcing a number of measures tomorrow in protest at the cuts which will see them refuse to use personal equipment and strictly follow safety procedures.
The INMO has said this is just one of the many proposals that was put on the table and the union is waiting to hear the full package.
The committee will meet with Callinan at Garda Headquarters in Dublin this morning at 11am.
The Junior Finance Minister said that while this was the case, government would rather not impose “some unilateral settlement”.
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The INMO said it will not be moving the proposals as it returns to talks on the Croke Park Agreement today.
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Meanwhile, an alliance of gardaí, nurses, paramedics, firefighters and prison officers will hold a rally in Dublin this evening.
Earlier this week the GRA called for a meeting with Callinan, saying it is convinced he is unaware of the impact of proposed pay cuts.
Most unions are returning to talks today but will the government be able to reach a deal to save €170 million through pay cuts?
The associations representing both Garda sergeants and ordinary members have lashed out at the government today.
Growing tensions between gardaí and the government, which is seeking €60 million in new savings, could lead to protests that would hamper the ability of the force to operate to its full capacity.
The Minister for Justice says only those who take part in talks on extending Croke Park can influence them.