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Tuesday 20 October 2020
The agreement between the Trade Union Federation and the CIF was signed today.
The closure of the Irish branches of Debenhams saw the loss of 2,000 jobs.
The students had been calling on Simon Harris to pay them for their work during the pandemic.
It comes after criticism that the construction industry is not responding quickly enough to the ongoing Covid-19 emergency.
Siptu members employed by Section 39 organisations are taking strike action across the country.
Over 90% of the Teachers Union of Ireland’s 19,000 members voted in favour of taking industrial action today.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed to reporters today that the transitional pension would only apply to 66-year-olds.
Up to 35 staff members at the company voted to go on strike in September.
The Christmas party has long been identified as the most common off-site location of workplace sexual harassment, the survey said.
However, 2.25% falls short of the 3.4% increase that the Mandate union was seeking on behalf of its members.
Ryanair brought proceedings against the union over a planned 48-hour strike last August.
A number of organisations have come together in support of the idea, saying productivity levels could be maintained or even increased.
The dispute centres on a row over trade union membership.
From Thursday, the pilots will engage in a work-to-rule action.
Kathleen O’Doherty from Donegal has written to eight Education Ministers about school secretaries’ pay.
Fewer working hours could benefit both individuals and the economy, Kevin Callinan writes.
The union has disputed the claim of a 65% increase in wages in the last four years, as its members’ contracts currently stipulate an hourly wage of €12.50.
It said more must be done to get women into the trade.
“Her death marks the passing of a remarkable woman of whom it can truly be said: ‘She made a difference’.”
Lloyds Pharmacy last week issued a statement outlining it had agreed on a new deal.
Fórsa said it’s looking forward to “securing improvements in terms and conditions” for employees.
It emerged today that the chain was bought up by the British group Sports Direct.
According to trade union organiser Paul Dillon, Ireland has the weakest trade union recognition laws in Western Europe.
Productivity at work is up, but we need to see decent pay rises and career progression for all workers. Trade union membership is the key to this, writes Paul Dillon.
The industrial action began at 1am this morning.
A report found that a quarter of RTÉ freelance contracts have features “akin to employment”.
The trade union wants “a uniform response by local authorities to extreme weather events”.
O’Connor was the general president of the Ireland’s largest trade union for over 14 years.
The company will now meet union representatives tomorrow night.
A draft deal to succeed the Lansdowne Road agreement was reached late last night.
Up to 15 stores could be affected by the strike action next week, with more ballots due tonight.
Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, want efficiency improvements before they implement the pay deal. Workers say that’s not what was agreed.
Plans to cut overtime emerged last week and unions have warned people in rural areas would be particularly affected.
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The report in the UK found that more than half of teachers were aware of students sending sexually explicit messages.
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Trade union Unite says the company is trying to break the link between pay and profits and inflation.
The big sticking point is the fact that three quarters of staff are on part-time flexible contracts.
The disputes committee of the trade union will meet again tomorrow.
A friend of mine wondered what a capitalist like me was doing expressing support for striking workers, but all’s fair in my view.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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