What a celebration across schools today for SNA Appreciation Day, the second one ever. We were sent a huge amount of photos from across Ireland, so these are just a snapshot! They deserve every bit of recognition for their incredibly valuable work #SNAAppreciationDay

🇵🇸 🇮🇪 Extraordinary bravery by Fórsa member Donna Schwarz. She's part of the civilian flotilla sailing to Gaza. We demand her safety and the safety of everyone onboard. And that their call - an end to the genocide - is finally acted on by global leaders. An-bhródúil as tu, Donna.

Busy busy busy at #Ploughing2025! Come find us in the Education & Business Hub, stand 511. Lots of merch and chats to be had! And an amazing competition for young people to enter as well.

Is #SpeirGorm at the ploughing? We are! For the second year running, we're at #Ploughing2025 to talk all things trade unions. You can find us in the Education & Business Hub, stand 511. We've free merch and lots of chats 💚

Why should you join a trade union? Because on your own, you can't: ✅Protect remote working ✅Fight for a 4 day working week ✅Win better wages, work life balance, and working conditions ✅Demand physical and mental safety at work #JoinAUnion

👉🏾 Tomorrow, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will address the EU Parliament with her SOTEU speech. 📣 She received a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations: We need rules to protect people and environment! You can't sell our protections for profit! www.epsu.org/article/470-...

Here’s a handy round-up of trade union and worker news over the past few days. Kicking off with a story you may have heard about… 📌 School secretary and caretaker strike withdrawn after 'breakthrough in discussions’ www.rte.ie/news/educati...

Polling on support for the school secretaries and caretakers . 82% in favour- overwhelming support across all demographics!

📢Strike Withdrawn - well done to secretaries & caretakers!! After agreement at the WRC with: - Commitment to negotiate comparable pension entitlements - Discussions on caretakers' pay framework - Access to bereavement, sick & acute illness protocols www.rte.ie/news/educati...

An update before the weekend for school secretaries and caretakers. Please rest, stay strong, and well done after a truly historic week of strikes! #PensionParity

6 days of strikes and yet secretaries & caretakers are still fighting for their rights with incredible energy A special shout out to people on picket lines by themselves or in isolated areas, and in the rain. You're showing the government what a force you all are! #PensionParity

"We've had strong expressions of support from 40 Government representatives so far, incl 29 TDs, 1 minister, a minister of state, 4 senators & 3 MEPs" said @apike1 "Nevertheless, strikes continues because the silence from Government remains absolute" www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

4 days of strikes for pension parity = 1 major national rally 5 huge regional rallies 2,000 school picket lines Every local government TD office picketed And this will go one for weeks, even months, if needed. #PensionParity

Third day of strikes, and first day everyone is outside schools. Parents, school staff, students, and communities - all rallying behind caretakers and secretaries! Tomorrow, they're outside their local TDs’ constituency offices. Join them from 11am #PensionParity

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What another major day in the campaign for #PensionParity by school secretaries and caretakers. Five huge rallies across Ireland, bringing energy, noise and power. Do you think the government is finally getting the message? Rallies in Dublin, Athlone, Cork, Bray, and Sligo

Today, we are at 5 rallies for #PensionParity! Join us from 11am at: • Dublin: Department of Education • Athlone: Department of Education • Cork: Taoiseach Constituency Office • Bray: Tánaiste Constituency Office • Sligo: Min. Marian Harkin Constituency Office

Andy Pike, national secretary of @forsatradeunion.bsky.social : "lots of workers saying they were scared before, but that they feel determined here today" www.thejournal.ie/school-strik...

What a first day of strikes for #PensionParity. I think everyone can agree that you all showed the government just how powerful school secretaries and caretakers are. Rest up tonight, round two kicks off with five regional rallies around the country!

#Solidarity with Irish school secretaries & caretakers striking today with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social ✊ Your demand for fair pensions is a fight for dignity & equality that speaks to all public service workers. We stand with you — your struggle is our struggle.

PENSION PARITY NOW What a crowd making its way to the Dept of Public Expenditure 🪧🪧 Unbelievable. Well done to all the school secretaries and caretakers taking over the streets of Dublin today. #PensionParity

⚡️Tomorrow is the day⚡️ For all the School Caretakers and Secretaries out there, a special message from two powerhouses - your Branch Chairpersons Luisa and Dave - ahead of your indefinite strike. We'll see all you on the streets of Dublin tomorrow!

📣 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE 📣 NOW NOW NOW 📣 PENSIONS PENSIONS PENSIONS 📣 NOW NOW NOW Dublin this evening! Caretakers and secretaries are ready to take on the government. See you all outside the Dept of Public Expenditure this Thursday 28th at 11am.

Want a way to support the School Secretaries and Caretakers Strike? Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally. Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity

School Caretakers & Secretaries fighting together for what they deserve! "Mr Hearne said the last thing him or the other caretakers and secretaries around the country want to do is go on strike, they have been 'left with no option'." #PensionParity www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...

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Why are school secretaries & caretakers going on strike? Listen to Fórsa member Victoria Luke on Claire Byrne explain the deep injustice that has forced this action. The Dept of Public Expenditure still had time to avoid the chaos, if they do the right thing.

🚨URGENT – Notice on strike pay for school secretaries & caretakers. This is needed urgently: -Check your emails for one from educationstrike[@]forsa.ie -Fill in the form -Send the documents -No email? Check spam or email us No form + documents = no strike pay

"We are being discriminated against." The #PensionParity strike is not just about secretaries & caretakers getting the pensions they deserve. There are also so many people who have deeply suffered because of the lack of bereavement & sick leave It has to change! www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Irish union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social annouces #strike action of school secretaries and caretakers on 28th august, day schools start again #solidarity @epsu.bsky.social @strikemap.org @labourstart.bsky.social

15 days until school strikes begin! For our school secretary members, Luisa, Chairperson of your branch, has a special message ahead of what will be the first picket line for thousands of you. The nerves and excitement are building, and so is the support for your #PensionParity campaign💚

All-out school strike from 28 August! 1000s of school secretaries & caretakers are getting ready; the energy and power they have is building & building. The Dept of Public Expenditure still has time to avoid the chaos, by giving them the public service pensions they deserve!

🚨28th August is the 1st day back at school, and the 1st day of indefinite strike action by school secretaries & caretakers. The Dept of Public Expenditure can avoid this by doing the right thing. Secretaries and caretakers deserve public service pensions. And everyone knows it.

Bród in Fórsa, the Cork edition! 💚🏳️‍🌈 Throwback to us marching in the People's Republic last weekend. If you want to get more involved in LGBTQIA+ rights in the workplace, we've a network as well. Link in bio to join Fórsa, or send us a dm for more info on the network.

Fórsa in the community! 💚 Delighted that we’re supporting the local communities around our HQ in Dublin’s North East Inner City. Pictured here are Dublin Docklands Boxing Club members, Ava Henry and Chloe Gabriel, two talented young boxers that we’re proud to be supporting!

forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/singlemessag... This is why I'm so proud to be a @forsatradeunion.bsky.social member. #OccupiedTerritoriesBill

💶1% pay increase for public sector workers coming August 1st, as part of the pay deal negotiated by unions. Civil Service and Local Government pay scales updated on our website now, health and education coming soon! CS: www.forsa.ie/pay-scales/c... LG: www.forsa.ie/pay-scales/l...

Win for workers in Rotunda Hospital! Car park charges were being increased from 300 - 1,100%, an extra expense that would in reality act like a pay cut. It would also have be much harder on lower paid workers. But they banded together & got it paused. Well done! #JoinAUnion

What a feeling to see Fórsa on the jersey for our rising Palestinian GAA stars! While we wish they were here in Ireland, they're instead at a summer camp in Jordan. Some of the Dublin hurlers also went over for a training, class acts. One day we'll meet, a chairdre! 🇮🇪🇵🇸

Win! Last year, Revenue tried to advertise a specialist HEO competition, disregarding the internal promotion pathway and staff with the skills needed for the roles. After members fought back, Revenue agreed to exhaust the internal panel which is now completed. Well done! #JoinAUnion

We marched again today for Gaza. Today, we're thinking of the people murdered while trying to get food and water. The healthcare workers still in prisons, while their colleagues save lives under brutal conditions. And the children who've only known genocide We cannot stop standing with Palestine

I'm so sad to hear that @GAA_Palestine have had to cancel their trip. We in @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were pleased and proud to sponsor the jerseys and kit for the children. #LetThemPlay

From the 28 August, school caretakers & secretaries will be on strike for pension parity. David (caretaker) explains what the 1st day of school means to them & why they're at this point. The chaos can be avoided, but only if the Dept of Public Expenditure does the right thing.

So proud to march at Trans and Intersex Pride today. Trans rights are worker's rights!

Physiotherapists – important notice! Check your emails for the latest on the increased registration fee, being imposed on those of you who’ve completed additional training. We're urging members not to pay the increased fee, as there’s no agreement for it to be applied.

It’s astonishing the level of support for the School Secretaries & Caretakers pension parity campaign. Across political parties, parents, students & schools. But it’s the Dept of Public Expenditure that's refusing them pensions -forcing them to strike from 28 August. Indefinitely.

Win! €8,200 was awarded to a Storeman in An Garda Siochana who carried out duties of a higher grade but wasn’t appropriately remunerated. Well done to the union member 👏 And #JoinAUnion if you want to protect your job, your wages, and your colleagues!

Thinking about joining a trade union? Here's why you should: 💸 Better pay 🛡️ Protect your job 💬 Collective bargaining = power. 📈 Safer workplaces 🏡 Protect remote/ flexible work 🤝 Solidarity with colleagues 🧾 Legal representation ✊ Fairer future for everyone

An opportunity for local democracy! The Government's new taskforce to strengthen local authorities is welcome news and a key campaign of Fórsa members. But there's not a single worker voice on the taskforce. This needs to change. Keep it local, keep it public!

Win for nightwatchmen members! 2 former nightwatchmen have won a landmark adjudication, forcing the State Examinations Commission to backpay wages denied under a union-negotiated agreement. Well done #JoinAUnion