Union steps up pressure on government over pay in voluntary sector

Ireland

The SIPTU trade union has again called on the government to concede its responsibility for the funding of pay increases in the voluntary sector - so-called Section 39 organisations - many of which cover the care sector. In recent negotiations over sleepover allowances the health ministry has conceded that it should fund these payments but it has resisted calls to provide funding for these organisations to award pay increases to their employees to bring them in line with the pay restoration arrangements in the public sector. SIPTU members are being balloted for strike action.

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