FORSA

Kevin Callinan

Strike ‘remains available’, unions say as pay talks begin

Members of the Irish Prison Service picketing outside the headquarters in Longford town

Longford picket video: 'Jack Chambers needs to pull the finger out'

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GALLERY Public sector workers take to picket lines in Longford

Oireachtas staff staging a strike outside Leinster House

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers staging 24-hour strike

Fórsa's Kevin Callinan

'Standing together': Over 1,000 Forsa members in Longford to strike

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan (centre) speaking at the union's headquarters in Dublin

Public sector strike to go ahead after bid for talks rejected

A line of union reps sitting at a long table

Health workers set for industrial action with wider ‘escalation’ threatened

Fórsa's Kevin Callinan

Fórsa members vote in favour of industrial action

The Oberstown Child Detention campus

Oberstown director calls for ‘ceasefire’ in staffing dispute

Fórsa staff from Oberstown Child Detention campus on the picket line outside the Department of Children and Equality in Dublin

Oberstown workers picket Department of Children over staffing dispute

Learner drivers warned that tests may not happen as testers prepare to strike next week

Learner drivers warned that tests may not happen as testers prepare to strike ne...

Waterford school caretaker says ‘weak’ Budget will change nothing for him

The strike action carried out by the school secretaries and caretakers of Longford last week became a family affair for the Rowleys

Secretary and caretaker strike becomes family affair in Longford

School secretaries and caretakers agree to withdraw strike for negotiations

McEntee ‘disappointed’ Forsa did not re-enter talks

Fórsa members picketing in Longford on Tuesday

Longford Senator urges both sides of school secretaries’ dispute to return To WR...

School secretaries and caretakers do not receive the same benefits and entitlements as their colleagues

Longford secretaries, caretakers on picket over treatment and equality
School secretaries and caretakers do not receive the same benefits and entitlements as their colleagues
Tara King

Public support is with the strike but negotiation is the way forward

Longford senator urges both sides to go to WRC in school secretaries’ dispute

‘We’re out for the long haul’: School secretaries and caretakers take to the pi...

Protestors on their way to Dublin this morning .PICTURE: instagram@forsa_union

“This is about fairness”: Fórsa's Shane Lambert on why school secretaries and ca...

School secretaries and caretakers stage strike action

School secretaries and caretakers begin indefinite strike

Members of FORSA preparing for industrial action PICTURE: website @forsa.ie

Will schools stay open? All you need to know about the secretary and caretakers'...

Work-to-rule action planned by healthcare workers suspended

Industrial action by healthcare professionals to begin at end of March

Union urges civil servants to resist request to work an extra day at office

Fórsa, INMO and SIPTU members working in healthcare protesting at Tipperary University Hospital this afternoon (Thursday, October 24). Photo Anne Marie Magorrian

Thousands of healthcare workers vote in favour of industrial action

CEO Declan Kenny

New CEO of Longford's St Christopher's Services hopeful of ending dispute
Declan Kenny is the new CEO of St Christopher's Services, currently the service providers have begun a Work-To-Rule action
Trevor Quinn

Student nurses pay to be raised in the Dáil this week

Healthcare workers to be balloted for industrial action in coming weeks

Aer Lingus set for fresh talks with pilots in bid to resolve pay dispute

Aer Lingus passengers describe anxiety over industrial action

Aer Lingus pilots begin industrial action

Unions to begin balloting members on 10.25% public sector pay deal

Unions agree 10.25% public sector pay rise over two-and-a-half years

Community and voluntary sector strike called off following positive talks

Community and voluntary sector strike called off following positive talks

Community and voluntary sector strike called off following positive talks

Community and voluntary sector strike called off following positive talks

Community and voluntary sector agency health workers announce indefinite strike

The industrial action begins this Monday

Council workers begin industrial action in dispute over job evaluation scheme

Fórsa workers at Longford County Council call for independent job evaluation sch...

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Irish trade union calls for economy-wide working time review

Delegates with Ireland’s largest public sector trade union, Forsa, have called for increases

'Difficult to strike a balance' - Minister for Public Expenditure calls for fair...

'Integral part of school communities' - Fórsa accepts pay increase for school secretaries

'Integral part of school communities' - Fórsa accepts pay increase for school se...

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Local employment service workers set for national protest

Fine Gael County Councillor Micheal Carrigy

Longford senator tells of community service pension entitlement hopes

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