Staff at Roscommon County Council staged several strikes in support of family-friendly work practices. Hundreds of trade union members and supporters marched through Roscommon in solidarity with the county workers. The dispute is over council management’s refusal to halt its effective ban on flexi-leave in the county council, in defiance of Labour Court rulings. Trade union Fórsa says it’s now over 12 months since any Roscommon council worker was approved for flexi-leave.
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