Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu)

New Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy targets recruitment of young members as priority

Former Siptu official succeeds Patricia King in key role at Congress

AGSI members ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to accept new public pay deal

Members reject new Garda roster proposals, citing concerns around work life balance

Unions formally accept public-sector pay deal for rises of 6.5%

First pay rise under two-year agreement to be backdated to the start of February

Non-union employers should engage in ‘good faith’ with unions, report says

High-level group set up to review collective bargaining and the industrial relations landscape

Budget 2023 sees unprecedented package amid recession fears and ahead of a difficult winter

Package of €11bn tops expectations as officials warn that Ireland is in danger of slipping into a recession

Patricia King to step down as Ictu general secretary

Senior trade union official had been first woman to lead Ictu

Covid bonuses for private-hospital staff taxed despite appeals

Blackrock Health made pandemic payment to employees and sought tax-free status on it

Major financial package expected to help with fuel bills as vast implications of energy crisis become clear

Price projections ‘off the Richter scale’ with estimate of average annual household bill rising from €2,000 last year to €6,000 next year

Coalition pledges to ‘put money back in people’s pockets’ as Ministers feel push-back in budget meetings

Unions reveal pre-budget wish-list including demands for enhanced subsidies for childcare

INMO advises its members to accept 6.5% pay increase

Fórsa is also recommending the deal to its members after it voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of the pay package

Highest-paid public servants in line for 3.5% salary increases under proposed new deal

Senior judges and hospital consultants would be among 4,000 State workers paid more than €150,000 in line for next year’s mooted increases

Public pay talks expected to resume next week

Previous Government offer was rejected by unions at the time as “not credible”

Teachers’ unions threaten to ballot members on ‘co-ordinated public service campaign’

ASTI, INTO, TUI agree on potential action regarding ballots of members

Forsa says there must be ‘movement’ from Government to resume public pay talks

Minister for Public Expenditure says there is “a need for flexibility on both sides”

No excuses for delays over remote working Bill

Cantillon: Oireachtas committee has recommended key revisions to draft text on workers’ rights

Right to seek remote work must be extended, committee says

Call for employees to be able to request remote working without 26 weeks in job as draft Bill grounds for refusal labelled ‘cumbersome’

Irish Congress of Trade Unions row in behind ‘Debenhams Bill’

Legislation would give preferential creditor status to employees in collective redundancy situations.

Central Bank reminds business groups of Russian sanctions obligations

Regulator declines to give update on extent of sanction-linked assets that have been frozen in the State

Unions to seek ‘very significant’ pay rises for all workers in talks next week

ICTU president Kevin Callinan says previous deal would never have been agreed had unions known of oncoming headwinds like inflation and the Covid-19 crisis

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