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School secretary and caretaker information meetings – FULL SCHEDULE

Information meetings The union have commenced a series of information meetings for secretaries and caretakers, and all are welcome. The purpose of the meetings is to inform members of the details of...

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IMPACT members urged to support housing crisis rally

IMPACT members are being encouraged to support next week’s housing crisis rally, which gets underway at the GPO at 5pm on Tuesday 1st December. In a letter to union branches, IMPACT’s deputy general...

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Seanad passes FEMPI Bill 2015 giving effect to Lansdowne Road Agreement

Seanad Éireann has passed the Bill giving effect to the terms of the Lansdowne Road Agreement. The vote took place on Thursday (26th November), and follows the passing of the Bill in the Dáil on 18th...

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FGE branch secures revised model for the establishment of 430 civil servants

The FGE branch of IMPACT has secured agreement on new measures to establish 430 members of the branch as officer grade civil servants by confined competition. Subject to members having the standard...

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Cork branch’s festive spirit soars for SVdeP

By Louise Guiney A special event for IMPACT members and their families, to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season and to raise donations for the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), took place...

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Proposals agreed to resolve marriage registrars’ dispute

Management proposals to resolve a dispute, concerning new responsibilities for marriage registrars, were considered and agreed last week by the IMPACT Health and Welfare Divisional Executive (DEC). The...

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Tax Justice Seminar

The Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) is facilitating a special seminar on tax justice next Monday (14th December) at Buswell’s Hotel from 10 am to 1pm. The  seminar is part of an EU Trade Union...

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IMPACT highlights difficulties in early years education and social care in...

IMPACT’s submission to the Government, on the independent study into zero and low-hour contracts, has highlighted the difficulties faced by workers in the social care and early years education sectors....

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Investment in professional development vital to ensure children receive SNA...

IMPACT trade union, which represents more than 6,000 special needs assistants (SNAs) nationwide, has welcomed the approval of the report compiled by Senator Mary Moran – ‘The Role of the Special Needs...

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New proposals on Clerys ‘very positive’– Congress

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has described as “very positive” new government proposals to establish a ‘twin track examination’ of deficiencies in employment protection and company law that...

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IMPACT agrees ‘more efficient’ performance rating system for civil servants

Unions negotiate safeguards to protect against any abuse of new rating system A new system of performance rating for civil servants, replacing the current five-point rating system under the Performance...

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One Cork project launches

ONE Cork involves deeper collaboration between unions at workplace and societal levels to organise, campaign, educate, train and communicate with workers and wider the community. A new initiative – ONE...

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IMPACT submits TTIP statement to Oireachtas committee

IMPACT submitted a statement this week to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the committee’s current discussion and planned report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...

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IMPACT’s IoT branch symposium on mergers in higher education

IMPACT’s Institute of Technology branch are holding a symposium on mergers in higher education on Friday 12th February, at the DIT Grangegorman Campus in Dublin. The purpose of this symposium is to...

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IMPACT welcomes establishment of group to examine retirement age issues

IMPACT has welcomed the establishment of the interdepartmental group, led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to examine the issues arising from prevailing retirement ages for workers...

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Report recommends continuing training opportunities for SNAs

A new report – ‘The Role of the Special Needs Assistant’ – was launched last week (Thursday 21st January) by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection. The report has...

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IMPACT to ballot St. James’s Hospital staff on car park charges

IMPACT members working at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin are to be balloted in a dispute with management over proposals to unilaterally impose an annual charge of up to €500 for staff car parking....

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IMPACT launches campaign to restore pay in community and voluntary sector

Risk of workers being ‘left out of the recovery’ IMPACT trade union, which represents approximately 5,000 workers in the community and voluntary sector, has launched a campaign aimed at restoring pay...

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Four Lives – IMPACT trade union’s roots in the 1916 Rising

IMPACT trade union launches special booklet to mark 1916 centenary “The labour movement in 1916 played a core role in making its progressive, workers’-focused ideals central to the Proclamation and...

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Support for ‘fair conditions at work’ among parties of left and centre –...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions revealed last week it had found overwhelming support for its Charter for Fair Conditions at Work among political parties, with Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, the...

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