“Nurses have voted for industrial action up to and including a strike at a union conference today with one delegate comparing the Government to the Taliban …” (more)
[Greg Harkin and Caroline Crawford, Independent, 9 May]
“Delegates to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s annual conference will debate an emergency motion proposing that an alternative to Croke Park II be explored, but allowing a ballot on possible industrial action …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 9 May]
“The Labour Relations Commission (LRC) is expected to seek more time from the Government in its attempt to determine whether an agreed resolution can be found to proposals to reduce the public service pay and pensions bill by €1 billion …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 4 May]
“Any re-engagement by the Government with unions in relation to public service pay must be on the basis that the Croke Park II proposals which were rejected earlier this week are dead, two public service trade unions have said …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 19 April]
“The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have rejected the possible extension to the Croke Park agreement …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 16 April]
“A number of unions representing public sector workers, who are opposed to the Croke Park II proposals, are meeting today to consider a draft joint letter on the issue …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 11 April]
“A row has erupted over the Croke Park II deal after unions representing more than 60,000 public servants insisted the cuts ‘will force’ women out of the workforce …” (more)
[Anne-Marie Walsh, Independent, 10 April]
“The eight union executives which have urged their members reject the Croke Park II deal will meet officially for the first time next week to discuss a strategy to ‘protect existing pay rates and terms and conditions’ …” (more)
[Stephen Rogers and Jimmy Woulfe, Irish Examiner, 6 April]
“The country’s largest nursing union has asked the former chief executive of the Equality Tribunal to examine whether the Croke Park II proposals are anti-family and negative towards women …” (more)
[Stephen Rogers, Irish Examiner, 29 March]
“The four trade unions against Croke Park II have said the austerity measures embodied in the new proposed agreement would push the country further into recession …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 25 March]
“Unions opposed to the new Croke Park agreement are to launch a national campaign to urge members to reject the deal. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), the Civil and Public Service Union (CPSU), and Unite are to hold a series of information meetings …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 7 March]
“The Irish Medical Organisation has become the latest public service representative body to recommend its members reject the terms of Croke Park II …” (more)
[Stephen Rogers and Juno McEnroe, Irish Examiner, 7 March]
“Four trade unions are to launch a joint national campaign for a No vote against the Croke Park extension talks proposals. The INMO, IMO, CPSU and Unite are all taking part in the campaign …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 6 March]
“Ireland’s largest nursing union has denied its early departure from the Croke Park II talks left young nurses ‘high and dry’ because it did not avail of concessions which have now been afforded to new teachers …” (more)
[Stephen Rogers, Irish Examiner, 4 March]
“The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is examining whether it can challenge the Croke Park pay cut proposals on grounds that they discriminate unfairly against women …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 3 March]
“Two public sector unions representing over 73,500 public servants have urged their members to back the new Croke Park deal …” (more)
[Independent, 1 March]
“The agreement reached with Government is ‘very, very difficult’ and will result in to falls in income for ‘many, many public servants’, according to the general secretary of Impact …” (more)
[Kitty Holland, Irish Times, 25 February]
“The Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation withdrew from talks on an extension to the Croke Park agreement as the process ‘is not capable of realising the aspirations we had … to maintain our members’ income and not to take further money that they hadn’t got to give’, said Liam Doran of the INMO …” (more)
[Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 25 February]
“The Government plans to introduce substantial pay cuts for public servants earning over €65,000 in a move that is non-negotiable, unions have been told …” (more)
[Anne Marie Walsh and Grainne Cunningham, Independent, 25 February]
“Four unions representing thousands of workers have walked out of the Croke Park talks after branding the Government’s ‘draconian’ agenda unacceptable …” (more)
[Independent, 24 February]
