This country is gone to the dogs... well maybe the horses


This isn't a matter of economics any longer .. it is a matter of Justice ... what sort of monster have we created in the public sector ?

cYp

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Hmmm.. if services can run 'as normal' with half the staff missing, then maybe we only need half the staff?

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i'd usually ignore a thread like this but my mum told me the other day that it was usual until recently for the local schools to take the week off for the races so there might be some truth in that story

The Primary Schools closed for the week. Its a historic thing. However, the schools concerned have to make up the days which means that in effect the teachers/pupils attend the same number of days as any other school in Ireland.

Thats fair enough. Do council staff take these days as part of their annual leave?

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Quite an interesting two paragraphs at the end:

"Staff at Leitrim county council also won a Labour Court case last month, forcing management to give them time off to attend a non-existent festival.

Management had sought to cancel a traditional half-day to attend a local regatta after it was discontinued due to the worsening economic climate. But Impact argued the annual festival leave had been an entitlement to employees for many years and there were “other festivals” staff could go to. "

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Mindboggling stuff. The worst thing is IMPACT and the CPSU are droning on that they will take the pain as long as it is seen to be fair. This sort of malarkey gives lie to this claim and exposes the selfishness and sense of entitlement of the Public Sector.

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Shame on the Labour Court.

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been a perk in Kildare coco for as long as it has existed. Not right but by now established....

I quite deliberately posted this in Justice as it is theft, plain and simple

I'm now at a loss as to what we can do with our public sector - the unions are defending the indefensible - the public sector is verging on being a large scale criminal enterprise with the union bosses as the mafia-style ring leaders

cYp

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