Unions ballots for strike action over health job cuts

Ireland

IMPACT is balloting its 25,000 members in the health service over possible industrial action in protest at new restrictions on staffing in the health service. Local health service organisations no longer have discretion to replace workers who have resigned or who go on maternity leave. This can now only be authorised by a central unit. The union is also planning a special conference on 7 February to debate a range of pressures facing the health service including cuts in jobs and accelerating privatisation.
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