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Connect Trade Union UCATT Stage 1 Shop Stewards Course Regions 1 & 2

Connect Trade Union – UCATT Stage I Shop Stewards Training Course Regions I and II (Branches Carlow/Wexford Kilkenny/Tipperary/Waterford) Course Venue: Waterford Regional Office. Course dates: 3/10/17/24/31 May 2017 Certification: QQI Level 5 Course Content: Rules Structures and Policy Making Industrial Relations in Ireland Communication Skills Negotiation Skills Handling Members Problems at Work Employment Rights/Law Equality…

Update on Bus Eireann Dispute

The Labour Court has today issued a Recommendation aimed at resolving the dispute at Bus Eireann.   In conjunction with the requirement of the Labour Court, Pickets are to be lifted with immediate effect.   Further notifications regarding Information Meetings, Ballots, etc. on the said Labour Court Recommendation LCR 21438 to be issued by the…

Update on Bus Eireann Dispute

Talks at the WRC ended last night (Monday, 13th March) without any agreement being reached on the efficiencies sought by the company to stave off insolvency. There is no scheduled timeframe for re-engagement. This Union had sought an agreed timeframe, in our attempt to get agreement, on a number of items that would help secure…

Gaeltacht Scholarships

Nominations are invited from members for Scholarships to Gaeltacht Colleges. Members should print and fill in the application form and return it to your branch for endorsement. The Executive Council have agreed to make 30 half-scholarships available. Members are asked to note that the amount reimbursable in respect of a Scholarship is half the cost…

Unions Critical of Bord Na Mona

Unions at BNM criticise purchase of UK compost manufacturing company Union members have expressed disappointment at the decision by management at Bord Na Mona (BNM) to purchase White Moss Horticulture (WHM), a UK compost manufacturing company. Following a meeting of the BNM Group of Unions, representatives of SIPTU,the Connect Trade Union and Unite said that…

Mandate Dispute with Tesco

Tesco Workers Together! Mandate Trade Union has announced that five more Tesco stores have voted in Tesco Picfavour of industrial action at the company and will join their colleagues on the picket lines on Friday, 17th February 2017. This follows nine Tesco stores who plan to commence strike action on St. Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, 14th…

Connect Trade Union UCATT Stage 1 Shop Stewards Course

Connect Trade Union – UCATT Stage I Shop Stewards Training Course Regions I and II (Branches Dublin, Dundalk, Drogheda, Kildare, Portlaoise) Course Venue: Head Office, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1. Course dates: 20/21/22/23/24 February 2017 Certification: QQI Level 5 Course Content: Rules Structures and Policy Making Industrial Relations in Ireland Communication Skills Negotiation Skills Handling…

Public Service Pay Restoration – Your questions answered

2017 acceleration of public service pay restoration   How have unions delivered accelerated pay restoration? Public service unions insisted on early negotiations to accelerate pay restoration last November, after the Government accepted Labour Court recommendations that gave Gardai better terms than those set out in the Lansdowne Road agreement (LRA). Although it initially resisted, the…

Connect Trade Union have moved to new Offices in Limerick

Connect Trade Union Offices in Limerick have now changed and are located in the IMPACT Building, 30/36 Roxboro Road, Limerick. The main telephone number for same is 061 316810

Connect Trade Union Notice of Special Branch Meetings

Limerick No.1 Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 7.30 pm on Thursday 24th November at our offices in the Impact Building, 30/36 Roxboro Road, Limerick. Nominations for Branch Committee members will be taken at the meeting to serve for the period 2017/2018. The Cork Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place…