Lloyds Pharmacys workers in Sligo participating in industrial action today
Lloyds Pharmacy workers in Sligo will particpate in their sixth day of industrial action today. Mandate trade union, which represents less than 20% of LloydsPharmacy colleagues, have indicated that a small number of stores will engage in industrial action. The strike takes place as Lloyds management continues their refusal to…
North West teachers unsurprised by government threat
Teachers in the North West are believed to be unsurprised by developments between the ASTI and government over the Croke Park Pay deal. Schools around the country including some in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim received a letter this week stating that any surplus teachers would be facing redundancy instead of…
Tesco workers hoping for resolution after strike called off
The Tesco store in Sligo will continue to operate as usual after industrial action was called off at the weekend. Staff at the shop were to undertake industrial action from this Wednesday morning in a dispute over changes to pay conditions for staff on pre-1996 contracts. The two sides took…
Tesco Sligo staff vote to strike beginning next Wednesday
Staff at Tesco in Sligo town will be going on strike from next Wednesday morning. Staff at the supermarket giant last night overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action at the store. 44 staff voted in favour of the action following a re-balloting of workers by the Mandate trade union.…
Bus Eireann strike action inevitable says SIPTU
Transport Minister Shane Ross has called on all sides in the Bus Eireann dispute to take time to reflect on the issues at hand. It follows the collapse of yesterday’s talks at the Workplace Relations Commission – which the Minister has described as a ‘disappointing’ development. Later this morning the…
Every school to be affected if ASTI members vote to strike
Up to 30 secondary schools in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will be affected if the ASTI votes to go on strike. The 18,000 members of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland are currently voting on proposals aimed at resolving a series of disputes between the union and the Department of…
Nurses give health officials a week to avert all out strikes at hospitals
Nurses have given health officials a week to come up with a plan to avert an all out strike in our hospitals. Their union the INMO met with the HSE and government last night, but they’re still looking for a way to ease the pressure as the trolley crisis continues.…