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# Unions

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'Now is not the time for wage rises' - ISME
The small business trade body said that an increase in wages could force many businesses under.
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Jun 13th 2014, 4:19 PM
Bausch and Lomb workers to vote on plan to cut jobs and wages
Proposals to cut pay have been modified downward from 20 per cent to 7.5 per cent.
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Jun 13th 2014, 8:21 AM
Aer Lingus cabin crew strikes called off
One of the unions involved in Labour Court talks said today that progress had been made and so the two strike days have been deferred.
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Jun 11th 2014, 10:40 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Jun 6th 2014, 4:41 PM
Irish Rail workers vote for industrial action but don't want to strike
SIPTU said industrial action will only happen if changes to pay and conditions are implemented without agreement.
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Jun 4th 2014, 7:08 PM
Unions and Bausch & Lomb looking at 'range of options' to secure plant future
SIPTU has said that the proposed 20 per cent pay cut and 200 jobs losses are unacceptable.
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Jun 3rd 2014, 5:00 PM
SIPTU for meeting with Bausch and Lomb over jobs and 20% pay cut
Workers have been told that there could be even further job losses if they don’t agree to wage slash.
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May 30th 2014, 8:27 AM
"I don't think we will see the money." - Dublin bakery staff staging sit-in over back wages
Gardaí have been called to the Paris Bakery on Moore St.
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May 23rd 2014, 11:00 PM
New workers' rights legislation could lead to practices 'outlawed' in other countries
However, it has been welcomed by Ibec, who believe it will help Ireland to continue to attract foreign direct investment.
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May 14th 2014, 8:22 AM
Bus and rail union tells members: don't vote for Fine Gael or Labour
The union says that plans to privatise the bus network would see their livelihoods ‘decimated’.
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May 11th 2014, 11:30 AM
1,500 jobseekers are being put on compulsory JobBridge
And will face penalties if they don’t take up their places.
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May 8th 2014, 6:27 PM
Nurse to patient ratio is becoming unsafe says INMO
Irish nurses look after between 20 and 60 per cent more patients than their British counterparts.
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May 8th 2014, 4:14 PM
Opinion: Recovery can't be built on austerity or even tax breaks – workers need a fair wage
Yes, we need to reject austerity and its offshoots – privatisation, poverty and emigration – but also populist and short-term solutions to long-term challenges.
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May 1st 2014, 1:00 PM
If Junior Cycle "nonsense" continues, teachers could strike, says union
The results of balloting by two unions will be known on Wednesday.
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Mar 23rd 2014, 11:50 AM
SIPTU bosses vote to support future industrial action at Dublin airport
The union’s National Executive Council also voted to fight any further legal action.
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Mar 21st 2014, 7:10 PM
SIPTU told to pay DAA and Ryanair's legal fees over strike injunction
Justice Gilligan placed a stay on the ruling subject to a full hearing on the issues around the strike.
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Mar 19th 2014, 1:19 PM
UK union leader Bob Crow dies aged 52
Crow was widely known for representing rail workers and being the face of various tube strike in London.
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Mar 11th 2014, 10:53 AM
Plan for independent evaluation of pay ends dispute at Tyndall Institute
Staff from IFUT and Siptu had picketed on a number of occasions this year.
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Feb 25th 2014, 5:57 PM
Some care staff are working seven 'sleepover' shifts a fortnight say unions
SIPTU and IMPACT have lodged a complaint with the European Commission.
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Feb 24th 2014, 7:05 AM
Teachers to hold "symbolic" lunchtime protests over new Junior Cycle
A teacher will remain in the school to supervise students during the protests.
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Feb 21st 2014, 9:49 PM
SIPTU members at Dublin and Cork airports in massive vote for strike action
The margin of the DAA vote was 94 per cent in favour of industrial action.
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Feb 10th 2014, 3:30 PM
ESB union chief quits but takes aim at the media on his way out
Brendan Ogle said ESB workers were “viciously attacked by some in the media” during the recent pension dispute.
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Feb 4th 2014, 11:10 PM
London commuters face chaos as unions call two-day tube strike
Workers are reacting angrily to a plan to cut 950 jobs.
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Feb 3rd 2014, 7:20 PM
4.5 days: The amount of training English teachers will get for junior cycle reform
Education Minister Ruairí Quinn said he “would’ve loved” if the working group on junior certificate reform could have met last year but ASTI made that impossible.
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Jan 21st 2014, 4:11 PM
Quinn prepared to have Dept officials meet with concerned teachers
Teachers have expressed their concern about the implementation of the new Junior Cycle Student Award, which will replace the Junior Cert.
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Jan 19th 2014, 2:38 PM
ASTI and TUI to ballot members on non-cooperation with new Junior Cert
The unions say teachers’ concerns over the planned revamp of the junior cycle aren’t being addressed.
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Jan 18th 2014, 6:00 PM
Key questions on new Junior Cycle Student Award 'unanswered'
The Minister for Education thinks that implementing the plan is going well, the teachers don’t.
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Jan 17th 2014, 5:55 PM
Result of ASTI Haddington Road vote expected this evening
In a second vote on the Government pay deal, union leaders have urged secondary teachers to reject it.
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Dec 19th 2013, 8:51 AM
Dunnes Stores workers being threatened with car clamping in store carpark
The threat at the Newbridge store is part of a wider dispute where parking facilities have been withdrawn at 116 Irish stores.
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Dec 17th 2013, 1:25 PM
This map shows food poverty 'is a reality in every county in Ireland'
Two unions are calling on the government to provide aid to organisations offering food assistance to those struggling this Christmas.
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Dec 15th 2013, 12:47 PM
Strike averted, but ESB and unions differ on terms of the deal
ESB released a statement saying that the deal will not add any liabilities to their balance sheet, but unions disagreed.
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Dec 9th 2013, 7:28 AM
Rabbitte: ESB strike threat "out of all proportion" with staff grievances
The minister said the scheme made “marvellous progress in 2012″ and he hopes common sense will prevail at talks today.
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Dec 8th 2013, 3:30 PM
Workers agree to LRC meeting with ESB management
A last-ditch intervention from the government ahead of planned strikes is seen.
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Dec 6th 2013, 7:28 AM
Former Aer Lingus workers claim discrimination in complaint to Pensions Board
The dispute centres on over 5,000 workers who are no longer employed but are not yet in receipt of their pension.
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Dec 6th 2013, 6:30 AM
Government asks LRC to resolve ESB dispute and "clear up any uncertainty"
Minister Pat Rabbitte has requested that the LRC intervene as power disruptions would be “out of all proportion” to the issues involved.
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Dec 5th 2013, 6:33 PM
ESB unions in public spat with management over 'protective notice'
Notice of industrial action was served on management yesterday, and customers have been told to expect power outages.
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Nov 30th 2013, 12:42 PM
Aaron McKenna: Essential utilities like the ESB should be protected from strikes
Without power, our modern society cannot function normally – which is why workers at the ESB ought to be banned from striking and causing a total or partial power failure, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Nov 30th 2013, 8:00 AM
No resolution in sight as ESB workers serve strike notice
There has been no third-party intervention mooted at this stage of the dispute.
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Nov 29th 2013, 7:22 AM
Unite: ‘Insufficient progress made to defer notice of industrial action on ESB’
The group of unions representing ESB workers said they would be proceeding with serving strike action notice tomorrow at 2pm.
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Nov 28th 2013, 11:05 PM
Column: Why don’t the Irish protest against austerity?
There is not much coverage of protests in the media, with the result that many people either don’t know about them or don’t feel like joining them, writes Julien Mercille.
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Nov 26th 2013, 7:37 AM
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