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# Industrial Action

This week
28th May 2023 - 3rd June 2023
# Industrial Action
Local authorities are not prepared for strikes by water and firefighting workers, Siptu warns
Staff in local firefighting and water divisions are to stage separate strikes starting next week.
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Thu 3:56 PM
# retained firefighters
Firefighters should ensure safety of public not 'put at risk' in event of industrial action
The Local Government Management Agency has written to Siptu regarding planned industrial action.
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Tue 7:22 PM
Last week
21st May 2023 - 3rd June 2023
# SIPTU
Retained Firefighters to begin industrial action on 6 June with possibility of strike
Rolling work stoppages are scheduled to commence during the following week with an all-out strike set for 20 June if the dispute has not been resolved.
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11
May 21st 2023, 12:06 PM
Last month
May 2023
# Industrial Action
Flagship shows off air as BBC Northern Ireland journalists go on strike on count day
Election coverage is due to resume tomorrow following the strike action.
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May 19th 2023, 12:39 PM
# uhl
Industrial action by ICU nurses in University Hospital Limerick suspended
It follows the agreement of a proposal between the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and UHL.
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May 18th 2023, 2:10 PM
# Industrial Action
Limerick Hospital ICU nurses call for two beds to close until more staff are recruited
The nurses, who are members of the INMO, are now taking work-to-rule industrial action.
5.0k
10
May 12th 2023, 11:55 AM
# Industrial Action
Ambulance workers vote for strike action over delays to proposed pay reforms
A proposed new pay scale has not been implemented despite negotiations.
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May 7th 2023, 3:13 PM
# INMO
'I was punched in the face': ED nurse on why there's no appetite for strike but it may be 'only way'
Dublin-based nurse Moira Wynne said that the lack of homecare for older people is affecting the entire health service.
20.5k
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Updated
May 4th 2023, 10:40 PM
This year
2023
# Dispute
National Ambulance Service personnel to ballot on strike action
The dispute centres around proposed new work structures.
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Apr 24th 2023, 6:00 AM
# Ballincollig
Firefighters in Cork start industrial action claiming 'staff shortages' are posing safety risks
Firefighters say intent to continue to stage protests and also to escalate their industrial action if necessary.
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Apr 20th 2023, 10:47 PM
# Strike
England's NHS set for 'most disruptive industrial action' in history as junior doctors strike
Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed, according to the NHS Confederation.
7.3k
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Apr 11th 2023, 7:08 AM
# Industrial Action
Two days of planned work stoppages by Go Ahead Ireland bus staff have been suspended
The work stoppages by employees of the private bus operator were scheduled to take place on 1 and 8 March.
11.4k
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Feb 13th 2023, 4:59 PM
# Industrial Action
Two 24-hour work stoppages by Go Ahead employees to take place in March
The work stoppages, which at least 270 members are expected to take part in, will to take place on 1 and 8 March.
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Feb 9th 2023, 7:21 PM
# NHS
UK faces 'hugely disrupted day' as biggest strike action in NHS history takes place
Nurses and ambulance staff are walking out together for the first time.
9.8k
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Feb 6th 2023, 12:14 PM
# Industrial Action
Retained firefighters overwhelmingly vote for strike action in dispute over crisis in service
Over 90% of Siptu members voted for strike action.
10.2k
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Jan 12th 2023, 10:33 AM
# Industrial Action
UK unveils 'minimum safety levels' law in bid to stifle strikes
The new law will require minimum levels of service during walkouts by various essential workers.
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Jan 10th 2023, 3:43 PM
Last year
2022
# co-ordinated campaign
Teacher unions plan ballots for industrial action over stalled pay talks
The unions noted that workers’ pay has been diminished by soaring inflation.
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Aug 10th 2022, 7:48 PM
# Protest
Community workers strike for pay rise amid cost of living crisis
Protests were held in Galway, Waterford and Dublin, calling for the first pay increase for care and community workers in 14 years.
16.3k
15
Updated
Jul 6th 2022, 3:55 PM
# Trains
More than 50,000 UK rail workers to strike next week
The union said there had been no breakthrough in the negotiations on pay, jobs and conditions.
12.4k
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Jun 18th 2022, 1:32 PM
# Dispute
Talks to resume at Bausch and Lomb as Siptu suspends industrial action
Staff held two-hour work stoppages at the plant last weekend.
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Jun 15th 2022, 9:30 PM
# IMO
Junior doctors vote 'overwhelmingly' in favour of industrial action over working conditions
The Irish Medical Organisation said it will now seek “urgent negotiations” with the Department of Health and HSE on the matter.
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Jun 13th 2022, 2:38 PM
# Industrial Action
Bausch and Lomb management willing to meet union in bid to halt planned work stoppages
The action is due to start at the company’s Waterford plant tomorrow.
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Updated
Jun 10th 2022, 5:44 PM
# Industrial Action
'The belief that being a doctor is a vocation and all else must be sacrificed… that mentality is waning'
Non-consultant hospital doctors are currently balloting on whether to take industrial action over their working conditions.
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11
May 24th 2022, 8:00 PM
# Industrial Action
Medical scientists to suspend strike action tomorrow and enter talks in Labour Court
The MLSA, Department of Health and HSE are all set to engage in talks in the Labour Court tomorrow.
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Updated
May 24th 2022, 6:48 PM
# Strike
Medical scientists to take two more days of industrial action this week
A further three days are planned if progress isn’t made this week.
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May 23rd 2022, 11:34 AM
# Pay Claim
'We have to do this': Medical scientists seeking pay parity say strike action was their last resort
One scientist told The Journal that staff feel “burnt-out” due to working mandatory overtime rosters, with many leaving the profession.
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May 18th 2022, 2:14 PM
# Doctors
IMO's non-consultant hospital doctors to ballot for industrial action
A survey published today shows that 96% of NCHDs have been required to work over 48 hours a week.
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Apr 11th 2022, 9:23 PM
# Drew Harris
Proposed changes to Garda roster postponed amid fears of industrial action
The changes have been pushed back until at least late March.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 2:29 PM
All time
# ESB
ESB claims strike by Independent Workers Union is unlawful
The IWU are taking the action over a claimed lack of consultation on outsourced work to the private sector.
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Apr 23rd 2021, 9:22 AM
# Industrial Action
Taoiseach informed that Debenhams workers rejected Labour Court proposal by 91%
Workers had been “shocked” and “disappointed” at the proposal for a €3m education and training fund.
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Jan 14th 2021, 10:51 AM
# IMO
Health Minister 'disappointed' at public health doctor plans to strike for three days in January
The IMO has expressed disappointment at “no meaningful engagement” from the Department of Health for five months.
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Updated
Nov 30th 2020, 10:38 PM
# teaching union
ASTI members vote to take industrial action unless government addresses Covid-19 safety concerns
The union president said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions.
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Oct 28th 2020, 4:26 PM
# forsa
School secretaries to serve notice of plans for indefinite strike from mid-November
The move was announced by trade union Fórsa, which represents more than 1,000 school secretaries.
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Oct 7th 2020, 2:26 PM
# Secretaries
School secretaries to suspend work-to-rule industrial action to allow for WRC talks
Fórsa head of education Andy Pike said the talks needed to yield real and significant progress.
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Jan 21st 2020, 7:45 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you support post-primary teachers going on strike next month?
Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland will strike on Tuesday 4 February.
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Jan 18th 2020, 10:37 AM
# Waiting Lists
'Enough is enough': 94% of IMO consultants and doctors vote for industrial action
The IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
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Dec 17th 2019, 9:04 PM
# Redundancy
Siptu and Unite members in Virgin Media vote to take industrial action
Virgin Media said it has not received any notification from the unions.
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Dec 9th 2019, 4:33 PM
# University pay
Strikes over pay and conditions to hit a number of third-level institutions
Lecturers in Irish third levels to picket in February, while those in Northern Ireland are in the middle of an eight-day dispute.
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Dec 1st 2019, 6:30 AM
# virgin media
Unite members in Virgin Media unanimously decide to ballot for industrial action
It was reported in recent weeks that the company may cut up to 65 jobs in the next month.
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14
Nov 14th 2019, 1:23 PM
# Speed Cameras
Siptu members in GoSafe suspend industrial action at request of WRC
The dispute centres on pay, working conditions and union recognition.
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10
Nov 11th 2019, 5:48 PM
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