Dismay over lack of drug savingsTHE PHARMACEUTICAL industry has expressed "disappointment and frustration" that the Government has not managed to secure any …Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Building workers call on Ictu to suspend talksA KEY group in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has urged the trade union movement to suspend talks with the Government…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Union leader signals pay on talks agendaTHE HEAD of the country's largest public-sector trade union has said "an incomes policy" will undoubtedly form part of the talks…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Crunch time for HSE cost-saving talks with unionsTALKS BETWEEN the Health Service Executive (HSE) and health sector trade unions on some of the most extensive cost-containment…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Reform of HSE payments still soughtTHIS TIME last year the Health Service Executive (HSE) was planning to save about €100 million by introducing a new payment structure…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Hibernian to charge customers €160 Government levyPRIVATE INSURANCE company Hibernian Health has said it is to pass on the cost of the new €160 per adult levy introduced by the…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
IN&M staff asked to take pay freeze or salary reductionUP TO 600 staff working for the Independent News and Media group have been asked to accept a pay freeze or salary reductions …Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Mixed reaction from employers as Cori calls plan lopsidedSOCIAL PARTNERS: THE GOVERNMENT'S new economic recovery plan has been welcomed by some employers but criticised by the Conference…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Ictu to seek increase in national minimum wageTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said that it is to seek an increase in the rate of the national minimum wage.Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
INM staff asked to accept pay cutsUp to 600 staff working for the Independent News and Media group have been asked to accept a pay freeze or salary reductions …Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
Cowen to discuss plan for economy with unionsTAOISEACH Brian Cowen is expected to discuss the Government's new plan to revitalise the economy and restore the public finances…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Harney says major health cutbacks likely next yearMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has signalled that there will be significant cutbacks in areas of health spending next year if…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Cowen to meet unions and employers on public financesTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen is expected to invite unions and employers to a meeting next week to discuss the economy and the deteriorating…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Hospital consultants told €68m pay rise not guaranteedMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has said that there is no guarantee that about €68 million in salary increases due to hospital…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Pay deal is 'lunacy' in light of inflation fall, claims IsmeTHE DRAMATIC fall in the level of inflation showed "the utter lunacy" of the new national pay deal which provides for average…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Aviance staff accept pay cuts in survival packageStaff at the aviation ground-handling company Aviance have voted to accept a survival package involving significant reductions…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Aviance staff to vote on rescue planWORKERS AT aviation ground handling firm Aviance are facing pay cuts of between 15 and 20 per cent as part of a rescue package…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Workers to protest outside Leinster House todayINDUSTRY PROTEST: WORKERS IN the pigmeat industry who have been laid off as a result of the health scare surrounding pork are…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Aviance workers to hold ballot on rescue planWorkers at the aviation ground handling company Aviance are to vote on a rescue plan aimed at saving around 150 jobs.Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
O2 staff vote for action over role of unionSTAFF AT the mobile phone company O2 have voted in favour of industrial action as part of a row over trade union recognition.Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Income thresholds for medical cards confirmedPEOPLE OVER the age of 70 will retain their medical cards if they have a gross weekly income of less than €700 for a single person…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus believes costs deal is viableAER LINGUS believes that the deal reached with union Siptu as an alternative to controversial out-sourcing proposals has proved…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus believes Sitpu deal 'viable'Aer Lingus believes that the deal reached with the trade union Siptu as an alternative to controversial out-sourcing proposals…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus to consider viability of cost-cutting planAER LINGUS will today set out whether it considers the new deal it has reached with trade union Siptu to be viableThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Siptu staff at Aer Lingus back dealSIPTU MEMBERS at Aer Lingus have voted overwhelmingly to accept a package of cost-saving measures at the airline which were drawn…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Harney relaxes rule on operation of pharmaciesMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has removed the rule preventing non-Irish qualified pharmacists from owning, operating or managing…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
HSE redundancy scheme to extend to hospitalsTHE PLANNED voluntary redundancy programme for surplus administrative staff in the Health Service Executive (HSE) will be extended…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus redundancy plan backedTHE DEPARTMENT of Enterprise and Employment is understood to have signalled that a controversial scheme proposed at Aer Lingus…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus and Impact reach deal on plan to cut costsIRISH-BASED cabin crew are to continue to operate Aer Lingus transatlantic services under a deal reached between the airline …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Fás workers to be let go without compensationCUTBACKS: THE TRADE union Siptu has said that 46 Fás instructors and six general staff on temporary contracts are to be let …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Ictu calls on Government to nationalise Irish-owned banksTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has called on the Government to nationalise the main domestically owned banks.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Ictu calls on Government to nationalise banksThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has called on the Government to nationalise the main domestically-owned banks.Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
CIF decision on pay deal criticised by unionsTRADE UNIONS are to press the Government to exclude building companies which do not meet increases under the national pay deal…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Changes in work practices needed to save €500mTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told its 110,000 staff that it needs to eliminate between €400 million and €500 million…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Cuts will lead to reduced services - ImpactUNIONS' REACTION: SIGNIFICANT CUTS in staffing levels as part of the Government's public sector reforms would lead to reduced…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
CIF to decide on pay dealTHE EXECUTIVE of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is to determine today whether to accept the proposed new national…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Construction industry rejects deal, seeks pay cutThe Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has rejected the national pay deal and has sought a 10 per cent pay cut across the…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
HSE fails to bed down emergency admissionsALMOST 120 people each month have to wait more than a day in AE for admission to hospital - more than twice the maximum target…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
HSE to close 10% of acute beds, claim unionsABOUT TEN per cent of the country's acute hospital beds will be closed next year due to budget cuts, trade unions have claimed…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Siptu and Aer Lingus agree cost-saving planTHE THREAT of industrial action at Aer Lingus from next week has been withdrawn following an agreement on cost savings between…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
HSE plans to cut bed numbers in blueprintTHE HEALTH Service Executive is planning to cut bed numbers, restrict some wards to five-day rather than seven-day operation …Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
'Irish Times' to seek up to 60 voluntary redundanciesTHE IRISH Times is to seek to cut about 50 to 60 jobs as part of a new cost-containment programme announced yesterday.Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus and Siptu agree framework on cost-cutsIndustrial action that threatened to paralyse Aer Lingus operations from next Monday has been called off after the airline and…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
HSE wants to halve overtime in €350m savings planTHE HEALTH Service Executive has told trade unions that it wants to reduce overtime across all grades by 50 per cent next year…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus and Siptu in talks on alternatives to outsourcingTALKS AIMED at averting a threatened dispute at Aer Lingus in the run-up to Christmas adjourned last night at the Labour Relations…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Unions likely to accept proposed national pay dealTHE TRADE union movement is expected to accept the proposed new national pay deal at a special conference today.Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus talks to resume at LRC todayTALKS AIMED at averting a threatened dispute at Aer Lingus in the run-up to Christmas will resume today at the Labour Relations…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Ictu and employers accept pay dealThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) and the employers' body Ibec have accepted the proposed new national pay dealMon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Education campaign to intensify, says TUITHE TEACHERS' Union of Ireland (TUI) last night said the campaign against the Government's education cutbacks, announced in the…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Mediator intervenes in dispute at Aer LingusTHE NATIONAL Implementation Body (NIB) has intervened in the dispute at Aer Lingus, which is threatening to cause serious disruption…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
