HSE staff to take industrial action over jobs freeze
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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Almost 30 thousand health service workers have voted in favour of industrial action over the HSE's controversial recruitment freeze.
Members of the IMPACT trade union say the staffing embargo, which was announced in September 2007 in response to spending overruns, is having a devastating effect on services.
Eighty-five per cent of the union's members in the health service have voted in favour of taking industrial action as a result.
The union says these workers will now refuse to co-operate with the HSE from May 21st to 28th.
They will also refuse to engage in non-emergency overtime and out-of-hours work, or to cover work and posts affected by the recruitment freeze.
The union says it is also planning other forms of action, including work stoppages, but insists the measures are designed to affect HSE management rather than patients.
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