Local Government Management Agency (LGMA)

Agreement on job evaluation scheme reached with LGMA following talks at Workplace Relations Commission

Fórsa trade union members will stage time-limited action in dispute over a system of job evaluations they are seeking

Industrial action will impact on requests for services including emergency housing

Deal brokered at WRC accepted by 63% of Siptu members in ballot but work still to be done, union says

Proposed agreement will see new entrants earn about €18,500 in their first year

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, South Dublin and Cork city among areas potentially affected over the coming days

Management and union at odds over basis on which emergency cover is being provided during strike which involved about 2,000 firefighters

Both sides attended court on Monday but there was no suggestion of breakthrough on dispute

Strike scheduled for Tuesday remains deferred with ongoing industrial action “de-escalated”

Government cannot deal with this issue in isolation while national pay talks are taking place, Michael McGrath tells party colleagues

Dispute between mostly part-time workers and LGMA revolves around pay, rosters and working conditions

Union accuses management side of failing to seriously engage on central issues in dispute

Fórsa members want scheme to evaluate extra work they say they have been doing since job losses in local government sector

Dispute could lead to water outages and derail Government plans to establish Uisce Éireann as a stand-alone utility