Members of UNISON at the National Grid utilities company are voting on an overtime ban and work-to-rule in protest at the company’s pay offer. National Grid has offered just a lump sum payment and also wants to introduce poorer terms and conditions for new starters.
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Union ballots on industrial action over pay
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Healthworkers balloted for industrial action
(January 2017) The SIPTU services union is balloting health workers in selected hospitals over industrial action. The union is unhappy that important provisions in the main public sector agreements, particularly job evaluation, have been applied to nurses in emergency departments but not to other workers. The union said that it opted for the ballot for action after 15 months of negotiations had failed to deliver any progress. The result of the ballot is due on 13 February.
Ambulance staff balloted over industrial action
The SIPTU trade union is balloting ambulance staff over industrial action in response to the failure of the Health Services Executive to implement a plan to restructure the service and pay system. The union was involved in negotiations with the National Ambulance Service over several months, agreeing a proposal that would deliver new job descriptions, pay grades and upskilling of staff. SIPTU is challenging the argument that the service level changes can be delivered but apparently not the improvements to workers’ pay and conditions. The ballot runs until 4 May.
Union ballots for industrial action over recruitment freeze
The public service union IMPACT is organising a ballot of its health service membership over industrial action in protest at the Health Service Executive's (HSE) continuing recruitment freeze. The union criticised the HSE for introducing the policy and won a court ruling that the employers had failed to consult properly over the freeze. IMPACT as warned of the effects on services as the recruitment freeze bites. Read more at > IMPACT (EN)