Ireland. Community employment scheme supervisors to strike
Demonstrations to take place at Intreo offices on Monday over demands on pension rights
Up to 500 community employment scheme supervisors are expected to go on strike today amid demands for access to enhanced pension rights.
The strike, organised by SIPTU and Forsa members, will see demonstrations at Intreo offices around the country and a central protest at the Department of Finance in Dublin, held at midday.
Speaking last week, the general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Patricia King said it was “an outrage that these workers do not have access to an employer sponsored occupational pension scheme”.
“The existence of such a scheme is one of the things that marks out decent employers from those who wish to exploit ordinary working people. The fact that workers in these State-sponsored schemes are denied this basic entitlement is not acceptable.”
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