Both Fórsa and Siptu indicated on Wednesday that they currently expect the strike at 18 organisations to go ahead as planned. Photograph: iStock
The organisations and charities affected provide health and social services on behalf of the HSE, Tusla and other Government. The unions say the staff want the same pay and conditions as those in similar roles who are directly employed by Government agencies who, it is estimated, currently receive around 12 per cent more.were among the 18 balloted for strike action, along with St Joseph’s Foundation, Don Bosco Care and the Western Care Association. All voted in favour.
In the end, Siptu’s health division organiser, Kevin Figgis, said it was “very disappointing the Government made no provision to resolve the dispute in the budget yesterday. We have received no contact and are preparing for full strike action from next Tuesday”. The Government, she said, might want to “break the link” between the pay of those directly employed by agencies like the HSE and those working for organisations contracted to provide services on its behalf but “what they’ve demonstrated is they are going to break the services”.
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