Activists should read this report and consider the findings which favours the applicant( Worker) in defending their wages.   Findings: Findings and Conclusions: This is a complaint pursuant to the Payment of Wages Act. The Payment of Wages Act 1991 sets out as follows: 5.— (1) An employer shall not make a deduction from the wages of an employee (or receive any payment from an employee) unless— (a) the deduction (or payment) is required or authorised to be made by virtue of any statute or any instrument made under statute, (b) the deduction (or payment) is required or authorised to […]

The 1990 industrial relations act took power from workers and transferred it to employers & the courts. It was inspired by Margaret Thatcher’s anti-worker laws in Britain. What it took Thatcher several acts to achieve the Irish government got all in one, the 1990 Industrial Relations Act. Unions must get radical or they will become redundant. Abolish the 1990 Industrial Relations Act It’s about the balance of power. What is the 1990 Industrial Relations Act? 1990 act explained Read here:👇 https://socialistvoice.ie/…/what-is-the-industrial-relati…/…(1990,from%20criminal%20and%20civil%20liability. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS BOOKLET  

Tuesday 22 June 2021 An exciting and exclusive Mandate Trade Union training initiative has been launched today Tuesday 22nd June 2021 by Jonathan Hogan, Mandate National Coordinator.  Mr Hogan commenting at the launch said, “We are offering a free hospitality training bundle exclusive for all our active licensed trade members. Many employees in pubs and hospitality have, through no fault of their own, lost their jobs and many have suffered financial loss since the onset of the global pandemic. This is an exciting once in a lifetime opportunity for some of our members to avail of a free bespoke comprehensive training […]

Tuesday 1 June 2021 Do you work or know someone who works as a Barperson, a Chef/Cook or Waiting Staff in a licensed premises who has either recently returned to work or is due to return to work in the coming days? Do you/they have concerns around COVID-19 and returning to work safely. Then look no further. Mandate Trade Union are hosting a Return to Work Safely Briefing Seminar for all licensed premises workers on Thursday 03rd June 2021 at 3pm online via Zoom. This Seminar is open to both Members & Non-Members of Mandate Trade Union working in the […]

Customers going to shops, banks, hair salons and bookmakers are compelled by law to wear a face mask, but it’s not obligatory in busy social welfare offices that thousands of often-vulnerable people visit in the course of a week. That’s why delegates to Fórsa’s civil service conference today (Friday) backed calls for face masks to be compulsory in Intreo centres and other civil service public offices. Speaking from the conference today, the head of Fórsa’s civil service division, Derek Mullen, welcomed the recent re-opening of cultural institutions, libraries and non-essential retail outlets. “We can enjoy these facilities because the law […]

The Government is set to come under renewed pressure to negotiate public service-wide safeguards on remote working after Fórsa’s Civil Service Division today (Friday) added its voice to calls for a formal agreement on the issue. The union says a formal agreement is needed to ensure fair access to remote working arrangements across the civil and public service. It has called for the consistent application of agreed guidelines on identifying functions that can be performed remotely, and for selecting staff to be allocated to home working arrangements. Fórsa has called for the consistent application of agreed guidelines on identifying functions […]

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 24th May) welcomed confirmation from the Department of Health that radiographers, radiation therapists and other certain student health workers can apply to be vaccinators as part of the National Covid-19 vaccination programme. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Kevin Figgis, said: “For months, intensive efforts were made by SIPTU representatives to ensure our members who are qualified were afforded the opportunity to participate in the Covid-19 vaccination programme. The original statutory instrument provided for nursing, medical practitioners and some other health professionals to apply to be vaccinators. Our members then campaigned for the inclusion of radiographers, radiation […]

Mandate Extends Solidarity to Palestinian Day of Action and General Strike Monday 17 May 2021 Gerry Light, Mandate General Secretary, today extended Mandate union’s heartfelt solidarity on behalf of Mandate members towards the “Palestine for a Day of Action” and General Strike taking place in Palestine tomorrow, Tuesday, May 18th! Light said, “Hundreds of thousands – millions of people in fact – in many cities across the globe have taken to the streets to demand an end to the deadly Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip. The global outpouring of anger at the murdering Israeli war machine as well […]

Day 1 on the picket line for our  members in Cheshire. Members are taking strike action in a dispute over working patterns and contracts of employment. Members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, will begin strike action next month at the glass manufacturing and logistics company ENCIRC Ltd, based in Elton, Cheshire, in a dispute over working patterns and contracts of employment. Less favourable treatment The dispute involves workers in ENCIRC’s glass manufacturing section, who believe that they are being treated in a less favourable manner compared to the company’s other departments. Over 170 workers were balloted for industrial action, as the […]

Aviation’s late departure from Covid restrictions demands solid Government support – Fórsa With thousands of aviation workers facing a financial cliff edge, has called for Government support, in the form of a bespoke aviation income support scheme, to underpin jobs and maintain the relationship between employers and employees during what’s likely to be a long period of recovery. The call was made today by the union’s head of Services and Enterprises, Ashley Connolly, who warned that the aviation industry will be the last industry “out of the woods” in terms of Covid restrictions. Ms Connolly was responding to Department of Transport […]