By Dan Walsh
BREAKING NEWS; WexfordLocal.com has learned late last night that a planned escalation of industrial action by workers in local authorities has been deferred to facilitate talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on Monday.
This news broke after the story had been filed and read as follows. Please note the changes.
Members of the Fórsa trade union working in local authorities, including Wexford County Council, are taking industrial action as part of a dispute to achieve job evaluation.
The union has accused local authority management of refusing to engage meaningfully on the establishment of a job evaluation scheme for workers.
Job evaluation assesses if a job’s grade is properly matched to its duties and responsibilities.
The industrial action sees an indefinite ban on non-statutory political representations from TDs, senators and councillors.
Today (Friday), there will be a 24-hour e-mail ban which will entail staff who are members of Fórsa not sending or responding to e-mails.
There will be a 48-hour telephone ban next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26th and 27th for all Fórsa members.
It is important to note that contingencies will be in place to deal with emergencies.
Those seeking homeless service support should present as normal.
Fórsa represents more than 12,000 local government and services workers including clerical, administrative, management, technical and professional staff.
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