Up to 500 ambulance staff nationwide held a fifth strike and declared further actions in an ongoing dispute over the right to be represented by the trade union of their choice (see our February 2019 newsletter). Trade union SIPTU used to represent all the workers in the National Ambulance but nowadays some 500 workers are member of National Ambulance Service Representative Association of the Psychiatric Nursing Association and they want their union to be a recognised collective bargaining partner.
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