Fórsa Trade Union - Sligo Branch

29/01/2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13019383/Germany-four-day-working-week-trial-struggling-economy.html

Unions have claimed that working less would make staff more productive, but also healthier and happier, which participants in the pilot hope the trial will prove.

01/09/2023

A brief video on how we earned the right to rest on a weekend. It is focused on developments in USA, however the process that allowed the workers across the world to rest on Saturday and Sunday was the same: UNIONS FIGHTING FOR WORKERS RIGHTS

In the late nineteenth century, many workers labored 7 days a week, sometimes up to a grueling 100 hours in poor conditions.Workers in the mining, printing, ...

12/06/2023

Food for thought.

The idea that everyone is "paid what they're worth" has proven to be a cruelly effective way to put the blame on workers for not getting ahead — while giving...

21/02/2023

Here are some images of the Solidarity Protest from last Saturday.

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Solidarity march that took place in Dublin on 18th February 2023. This was a civic initiative which was joined by overwhelming number of people from all wal...

21/02/2023

Last Saturday, there was a Solidarity March to protest the recent and very small anti-refugee demonstrations. The Sligo Health and Local Government FÓRSA Branch was present.

“The trade union movement has a proud history of opposing racism, bigotry and sectarianism. In joining the rally, Fórsa participants are proudly opposing those malign forces. Racism has no place in Irish society, and we will reinforce that important message on Saturday.” Fórsa t...

09/02/2021

Please read below to get your ballot.

All Fórsa members employed in the public service and non-commercial State agencies should have received an email with their unique voter code. If you haven’t received your unique voter code, please contact [email protected] to alert the union.   This page contains information on the prop...

19/08/2020

https://www.forsa.ie/covid-snapback-new-guidance-awaited/

Fórsa understands that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) is reviewing its guidance on remote working following the tightening of public health guidelines announced yesterday (18th August). The most recent DPER guidance to civil and public service employers was issued at the en....

31/07/2020

Dear colleagues. Please see link below. Flexitime will be reintroduced in august.

Normal flexitime arrangements are to be reintroduced by 24th August for civil and public servants based in the workplace on pre-coronavirus working time and attendance patterns.

01/05/2020

10/04/2020

Dear colleagues. Please see message from the FÓRSA Sligo Health and Welfare Sector Chair.

“Hi Colleague and members,

I hope you are staying safe and well during these unprecedented times. Our social interactions have changed to an almost unrecognisable format to cope with the current Pandemic.Parallel to that change working in the HSE has also had to change and adapt.

In the light of those changes I am reaching out to you all to contact your local union reps if you have any concerns with changes or requests that are made of you in these
uncertain times.

Indeed, if you have any questions regarding work practices during the pandemic please email us or leave us a message here on Facebook.

Stay safe and well everyone...

Ed Harte”

09/04/2020

Updates from HQ

Good morning colleagues, Here are this morning's front pages. [ https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/singlemessagetest/nbdaxb9phk4/external ] There were 365 new cases [ https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/singlemessagetest/tir9o7x74g1/external ] of Covid-19 confirmed yesterday with 25 more deat...

31/03/2020

Updates. Some good results from staying at home. Let’s keep up the good work.

Holohan warns on complacency as Higgins urges us to keep giving ‘of our best’