TEEU rejects 'Croke Park 2' proposals by two-to-one margin
The union, which represents engineering and electrical workers, is the third to vote against the deal.
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The union, which represents engineering and electrical workers, is the third to vote against the deal.
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 marginal increase comes amid concerns about the looming property tax and cuts to pay outlined in the Croke Park II deal.
Non-consultant hospital doctors say they have had enough of excessive hours and inappropriate tasks.
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The Irish Medical Organisation said their members would not be bound by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions by accepting the Croke Park II proposals
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland is balloting over a strike if its members, who have rejected the deal, are bound by it anyway.
Speaking at the AGSI’s annual conference, Martin Callinan said that gardaí are “not immune” from the cuts to public expenditure.
More than 80 per cent of members of the TUI voted against Croke Park II in the first completed ballot on proposals.
Alan Shatter delivered a speech to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors in Sligo tonight with delegates giving him a frosty reception.
Unions opposed to the Croke Park II deal have called in the equality expert to see if women will be dispoportionately affected by changes to shift work.
The unions say they believe the proposals to extend the agreement will “unfairly penalise workers” if passed.
The Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants have said the proposals were “unfair” and “disproportionate” on its 2,700 members.
The Garda Representative Association says the deal now being voted on by the trade union movement is “blatantly unfair” .
Phil O’Shea from the IMNO said that government figures of a 1.7 per cent drop were incorrect.
SIPTU is to vote on whether it will urge its members to accept or reject the latest Croke Park agreement.
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.
New recruits to frontline services in Boston can be paid three times more than what the Irish government has sought to establish as the new starting salary for public service workers. Larry Donnelly discusses the reasons for the disparity in salaries.
The ASTI says public sector workers have already contributed enough, and savings should be made through the tax system.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), the Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU) and Unite are joinign in a campaign against the new proposals.
The Irish Medical Organisation’s council unanimously recommends a No vote when members are balloted next month.
The Taoiseach tells the Dáil it’s not just Gardaí who are being asked to make a contribution to economic recovery.
The union, which withdrew from the talks the night before the LRC proposals were released, advocates a No vote.
In a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie, the Sinn Féin president also revealed which government policies his party actually supports and explained why Croke Park II is a bad deal.
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The garda source said many colleagues have difficulties with the potential impact of industrial action but they feel they are backed into a corner.
The transport minister says unions who left the Croke Park 2 talks left members “high and dry” and cannot get concessions.
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The new set of options could see gardaí refuse to work overtime without a written request from the officer in charge.
The executive of INTO, which has 32,000 members in the Republic, will ballot its members without a formal recommendation.
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The success of Defence Forces reform could serve as a blueprint for correcting excesses in the wider public sector system, writes Aaron McKenna.
The Garda Representative Association rubbishes Patricia King’s claims that Gardaí could have secured a ‘side deal’.
Staff who retire before August 2014 will receive pensions based on the salary they had before the ‘Croke Park 2′ pay cuts.
Its campaign is in opposition to the Croke Park Agreement extension proposals.
The country’s largest public service union says the deal is the best one that could be achieved through negotiations.
There is growing opposition to the proposed deal on cuts and reforms to public sector pay and conditions but the support of Impact and Siptu will be crucial for the government.
The union is to put the proposals to a ballot by its members.