Industrial Relations

Public service pay campaign to include industrial action ballots

Public service union negotiators have today (Friday) recommended a coordinated union campaign on public service pay, supported by industrial action ballots, to address the impact of soaring inflation on low and middle earners. They also said they were no longer prepared to discuss an extension of...

Unions say public service pay offer “not credible” as low and middle earners struggle

A meeting of I CTU’s Public Services Committee (PSC) has backed the union negotiators’ view that the Government’s recent pay offer could not credibly be put to ballot while low and middle-income workers struggle with soaring prices, and that an improved offer was needed to make further talks on...

No compulsory transfers of staff to Irish Water

Unions win strong protections for workers when Irish Water takes control of water services. There will be no compulsory transfer of local authority staff to Irish Water when it becomes the single national water authority next year. This protection has been underpinned in a new ‘Framework for Future...

Public service pay talks: Government offer fell well short of inflation

Public service pay talks ended without agreement in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) this morning (Friday) after Government proposals fell far short of 2021 inflation and projected 2022 cost-of-living increases. The talks were convened after the ICTU Public Services Committee invoked a...

CEPOW poster

20 May, 2022

Workplace poster for Climate and Employment Proof our workplace Day 22 June 2022

Letter to Tanaiste re Sick Leave Bill April 2022

07 Apr, 2022

Letter from Patricia King, General Secretary to An Tanaiste regarding the Sick Leave Bill (April 2022)

Dr Laura Bambrick's eulogy to the PUP

The last payment of the PUP will be paid today (March 29 2022) as the emergency support comes to an end, almost two years to the day after it was introduced. The remaining 45,000 recipients will transfer over to the ordinary jobseeker’s benefit. The PUP was one of three income supports introduced in...

ICTU President Kevin Callinan calls for social dialogue to tackle economic impact of war in Ukraine

SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference 2022 Speech by ICTU President Kevin Callinan You are gathering here in Sligo at a time of great international upheaval and uncertainty. It’s more than a month since Russian forces rolled into Ukraine, kicking off an unjustified invasion and a horrific war that has...

Private Sector Bulletin Feb 2022

23 Feb, 2022

Congress guidance for Private Sector Unions on Pay Bargaining in 2022.

Private Sector Pay Guidance 2022

13 Dec, 2021

ICTU Private Sector Committee Pay Guidance for 2022.

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