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Unions take aim at Paschal Donohoe as public sector pay talks to begin this week

Irish Congress of Trade Unions expresses ‘disappointment’ at minister’s claim that crash-era pay rules had no influence on public sector industrial relations

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Fempi laws have had ‘no influence’ on industrial relations in public sector, says Donohoe

Trade unions seeking clarification on role of contentious legislation ahead of public sector pay negotiations

McEntee: Barrister pay row forms part of ‘huge change and investment’ in legal system

Criminal barristers will strike on Tuesday as part of a dispute over recession-era cuts to criminal legal aid fees

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Gardaí threaten to strike as roster row deepens

GRA members to decline to work voluntary overtime every Tuesday next month

Emerald Airlines reaches deal with union to avert threat of pilot strike

Agreement gives Irish Airline Pilots’ Association bargaining rights on conditions of employment

In this week’s Business Post: Ministers to pay ‘high price’ to avoid pre-election unrest

The latest on the ESB corrupt payments scandal and Bank of Ireland gears up for cash bonanza

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Retained firefighters escalate industrial action with station closures

Retained firefighters are not full-time employees and are instead paid a retainer to be on call for fire stations

Matt Cooper: We could be in for the return of the old public versus private sector pay debate

The government would be unwise to take the unions for granted, but while it can afford to pay higher public sector rates now, the money may run out in the future

Google staff secure right to set up EU-wide workers council based in Ireland

Establishment of European works council means company will have to consult with staff before imposing layoffs or making other transnational decisions

Multibillion-euro projects including Intel’s Leixlip plant and children’s hospital to be hit by strikes

90 per cent of mechanical staff working for contracting companies Leo Lynch and Jones Engineering voted for strike action on March 10

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Government holds out on revised pay offer for 340,000 public sector workers

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had earlier claimed that he expected the government to re-engage and make a ‘further offer’

Tony O’Brien: Unacceptable for state to sit on its hands as health strike bites hard

There is more anger about queues at Dublin Airport than there is about the disruption of vital medical care. We need to get our priorities straight, and soon

Public sector workers to seek inflation-busting pay increases

The move comes as the government prepares to accept a recommendation to shorten the working week for many state employees by reversing a previous decision to extend their hours

Irish Waters to tempt council water workers with performance bonuses

Council water services staff have been resisting the move to Irish Water because they fear for the long-term security of their jobs

Pandemic bonus becomes loaded issue as workers line up to stake their claim

With a chorus of sectors claiming entitlement to a pandemic bonus, the definition of frontline workers has expanded far beyond those who worked in hospitals during the worst days of Covid-19

Government to gather ‘five pillars’ for new social dialogue

Ten years after the social partnership system collapsed, the government is formulating a plan to relaunch social dialogue as part of the policy formation process in the second half of this year

Danny McCoy: The time to review our industrial relations structures is now

The challenges facing our society, businesses and the workforce require consensus, resources and mechanisms for collective engagement

Kevin Callinan: How collective bargaining can benefit staff, employers and the economy

Ireland is one of the EU states trying to water down the collective bargaining elements of the proposed EU Directive on Minimum Wage. It’s an ill-advised move on our part