Most of the public sector came to a standstill today as workers mounted pickets at their workplaces and government offices around the country, with the exemption of those involved in frontline assistance in areas devastated by flooding in the south and west.
The Irish Times has a list of the services that were effected – basically [...]
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Today’s strike: public sector workers
250,000 public servants to strike tomorrow, November 24th
Approximately 250,000 public service employees are expected to take strike action tomorrow. There is some confusion over which unions are taking part in the strike but RTE.ie reports that “almost all public offices and schools will be closed, while many outpatient and non-emergency health procedures will be cancelled“.
The following unions are listed as participators in [...]
65,000 teachers and lecturers to strike on Nov 24th
At the end of last week, teacher’s unions including the ASTI, TUI, INTO and IFUT all voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action on Tuesday November 24th.
Over 65,000 primary, secondary and third-level teachers will be taking part in the strike next Tuesday organised by ICTU.
A public sector wide strike on the same day has not [...]
