Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
SIPTU, INMO and Fórsa and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) are to a lodge a pay claim for thousands of workers employed in the voluntary and community sector. Unions are also seeking to establish an appropriate collective bargaining forum for the sector where pay, terms and funding can be properly established.
The unions say the pay claim, set at 3%, would bring workers in the community and voluntary sector in line with pay patterns across all sectors, including the pay provisions contained in the public service agreement, Building Momentum.
Workers in the community and voluntary sector provide a huge range of community-based services in health, including care for older people and people with disabilities, services for people with addiction, homeless services and a range of services to children, as well as community development, local employment services, jobs clubs, homework clubs and family resource centres, providing services for “everyone from nought to a hundred years of age.”
The unions launched a joint campaign on Tuesday 9th November Valuing Care/Recognising Work, which aims to find “a fair way forward” for workers in the community and voluntary sector.
SIPTU, INMO and Fórsa and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) are to a lodge a pay claim for thousands of workers employed in the voluntary and community sector. Unions are also seeking to establish an appropriate collective bargaining forum for the sector where pay, terms and funding can be properly established.
The unions say the pay claim, set at 3%, would bring workers in the community and voluntary sector in line with pay patterns across all sectors, including the pay provisions contained in the public service agreement, Building Momentum.
Workers in the community and voluntary sector provide a huge range of community-based services in health, including care for older people and people with disabilities, services for people with addiction, homeless services and a range of services to children, as well as community development, local employment services, jobs clubs, homework clubs and family resource centres, providing services for “everyone from nought to a hundred years of age.”
The unions launched a joint campaign on Tuesday 9th November Valuing Care/Recognising Work, which aims to find “a fair way forward” for workers in the community and voluntary sector.
