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# Industrial Action

Last week
21st May 2023 - 27th May 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.
This 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
Last month
April 2023
# Dispute
National Ambulance Service personnel to ballot on strike action
The dispute centres around proposed new work structures.
# 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.
# 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.
This year
2023
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# Industrial Action
Retained firefighters overwhelmingly vote for strike action in dispute over crisis in service
Over 90% of Siptu members voted for strike action.
# 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.
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.
# 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.
# 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.
# Dispute
Talks to resume at Bausch and Lomb as Siptu suspends industrial action
Staff held two-hour work stoppages at the plant last weekend.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# Drew Harris
Proposed changes to Garda roster postponed amid fears of industrial action
The changes have been pushed back until at least late March.
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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# Speed Cameras
Siptu members in GoSafe suspend industrial action at request of WRC
The dispute centres on pay, working conditions and union recognition.
# IMO
Doctors to vote on taking industrial action over pay for consultants
“This vote emphasises the frustration and anger that consultants and NCHDs face.”
# GoSafe
Speed camera operators plan further strike action after rejecting pay proposals
Trade union Siptu said its members employed by GoSafe are planning further industrial action on 7 November.