lindabkelly
@lindabkelly.bsky.social
Proud Corkonian and Fórsa Trade Union National Secretary. Here to build a community of progressive voices
The National Treatment Purchase Fund is part of the problem of privatisation of our health service. We should all be very concerned that it continues to be proposed as the answer to all that ails the health service.
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Private hospitals now getting 60pc of public funds that are spent tackling waiting lists
Private hospitals are being paid increasing levels of public money to reduce public waiting lists, with for-profit operators earning more than €100m a year from the National Treatment Purchase Fund (N...
www.independent.ie
June 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The National Treatment Purchase Fund is part of the problem of privatisation of our health service. We should all be very concerned that it continues to be proposed as the answer to all that ails the health service.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
Looking forward to the debate amongst our health members over the next couple of days here in Letterkenny #ForsaHealth
May 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Looking forward to the debate amongst our health members over the next couple of days here in Letterkenny #ForsaHealth
I find so much of the narrative around working from home (+supposed need to bring everyone back to the office) lazy. Bad mgmt of WFH is not a reason to stop WFH.
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue
There is too much at stake for working from home to be seen as just a covid phenomenon. If we get it right, this can be central to our economic and social prosperity, writes Kevin Callinan
www.irishexaminer.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I find so much of the narrative around working from home (+supposed need to bring everyone back to the office) lazy. Bad mgmt of WFH is not a reason to stop WFH.
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue
There is too much at stake for working from home to be seen as just a covid phenomenon. If we get it right, this can be central to our economic and social prosperity, writes Kevin Callinan
www.irishexaminer.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I find so much of the narrative around working from home (+supposed need to bring everyone back to the office) lazy. Bad mgmt of WFH is not a reason to stop WFH.
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Great to see @kcallinan60.bsky.social writing about the importance of WFH in Examiner today
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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🗳️Ballot is open for Community & Voluntary sector workers. You have proposed pay increases of 9.25%.
- 2.25% backdated to Oct '24
- 1% in April '25
- 2% in Nov '25
- 2% in April '26
- 2% in Oct '26
FAQs linked below, and check your emails to vote
www.forsa.ie/faqs-2025-co...
- 2.25% backdated to Oct '24
- 1% in April '25
- 2% in Nov '25
- 2% in April '26
- 2% in Oct '26
FAQs linked below, and check your emails to vote
www.forsa.ie/faqs-2025-co...
FAQs - 2025: Community and Voluntary Sector Pay Proposal - Forsa
FAQs on the ballot on pay proposals for the Community and Voluntary Sector (Section 39, 56, 10) for Fórsa trade union members.
www.forsa.ie
April 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🗳️Ballot is open for Community & Voluntary sector workers. You have proposed pay increases of 9.25%.
- 2.25% backdated to Oct '24
- 1% in April '25
- 2% in Nov '25
- 2% in April '26
- 2% in Oct '26
FAQs linked below, and check your emails to vote
www.forsa.ie/faqs-2025-co...
- 2.25% backdated to Oct '24
- 1% in April '25
- 2% in Nov '25
- 2% in April '26
- 2% in Oct '26
FAQs linked below, and check your emails to vote
www.forsa.ie/faqs-2025-co...
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Wondering how #health systems keep running despite severe staff shortages?
👉🏾 By excessive overtime of existing staff!
1️⃣ in 3️⃣ health workers regularly work during their free time.
This #WorldHealthDay, EPSU puts the spotlight on #overtime.
Read our policy briefing👇🏾
bit.ly/epsu_overtime
👉🏾 By excessive overtime of existing staff!
1️⃣ in 3️⃣ health workers regularly work during their free time.
This #WorldHealthDay, EPSU puts the spotlight on #overtime.
Read our policy briefing👇🏾
bit.ly/epsu_overtime
April 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wondering how #health systems keep running despite severe staff shortages?
👉🏾 By excessive overtime of existing staff!
1️⃣ in 3️⃣ health workers regularly work during their free time.
This #WorldHealthDay, EPSU puts the spotlight on #overtime.
Read our policy briefing👇🏾
bit.ly/epsu_overtime
👉🏾 By excessive overtime of existing staff!
1️⃣ in 3️⃣ health workers regularly work during their free time.
This #WorldHealthDay, EPSU puts the spotlight on #overtime.
Read our policy briefing👇🏾
bit.ly/epsu_overtime
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Your April Fools' Day reminder that trickle-down economics is the greatest trick of all. It's nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich at your expense. Don't fall for it.
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Your April Fools' Day reminder that trickle-down economics is the greatest trick of all. It's nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich at your expense. Don't fall for it.
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Urgent update: Industrial action across the HSE suspended
Read more below
www.forsa.ie/healthcare-u...
Read more below
www.forsa.ie/healthcare-u...
Healthcare unions to suspend work-to-rule action - Forsa
Fórsa and the INMO have served notice of a one-day work stoppage at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
www.forsa.ie
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Urgent update: Industrial action across the HSE suspended
Read more below
www.forsa.ie/healthcare-u...
Read more below
www.forsa.ie/healthcare-u...
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#JobFairy #SpéirGorm
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Assistant Industrial Officer (multiple appointments)
Fórsa is a membership led union: we empower workers to change their lives at work. We build worker power by engaging every worker in the jobs and workplaces that we organise.
We are currently looking...
forsa.bamboohr.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#JobFairy #SpéirGorm
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Today the PNA. Tomorrow the WRC. Monday - Industrial Action due to commence.
#CodeRed #StaffOurServices
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#CodeRed #StaffOurServices
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
PNA begins industrial action in staffing numbers dispute
Members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association are beginning industrial action in a dispute over staffing numbers.
www.rte.ie
March 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Today the PNA. Tomorrow the WRC. Monday - Industrial Action due to commence.
#CodeRed #StaffOurServices
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#CodeRed #StaffOurServices
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
I mean what a match! An exciting season for the rebels! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
March 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I mean what a match! An exciting season for the rebels! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Hey everyone guess what? IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY! We're eight years old today. And we've defied all odds against us and are still here to celebrate, educate and maybe eat some cake.
March 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hey everyone guess what? IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY! We're eight years old today. And we've defied all odds against us and are still here to celebrate, educate and maybe eat some cake.
The Kabin Krew leading the Cork Parade ❤️😍☘️
March 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The Kabin Krew leading the Cork Parade ❤️😍☘️
Monday March 31st - members of @forsatradeunion.bsky.social will commence Industrial Action in the HSE.
Time to #JoinAUnion #JoinFórsa to make sure you are protected during this dispute.
www.forsa.ie/hse-industri...
Time to #JoinAUnion #JoinFórsa to make sure you are protected during this dispute.
www.forsa.ie/hse-industri...
Industrial action in the HSE - Notice to be served - Forsa
Three weeks’ notice for industrial action in the HSE and Section 38 hospitals will be served on Monday, 10 March 2025.
www.forsa.ie
March 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Monday March 31st - members of @forsatradeunion.bsky.social will commence Industrial Action in the HSE.
Time to #JoinAUnion #JoinFórsa to make sure you are protected during this dispute.
www.forsa.ie/hse-industri...
Time to #JoinAUnion #JoinFórsa to make sure you are protected during this dispute.
www.forsa.ie/hse-industri...
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💔Five years after COVID-19 exposed the cracks in Europe’s health and care systems, what have policymakers learned?
💰Cuts and deregulation threaten to repeat past failures. Strong public services aren’t a luxury - they’re the foundation of a resilient Europe. We need investment, not austerity.
💰Cuts and deregulation threaten to repeat past failures. Strong public services aren’t a luxury - they’re the foundation of a resilient Europe. We need investment, not austerity.
March 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
💔Five years after COVID-19 exposed the cracks in Europe’s health and care systems, what have policymakers learned?
💰Cuts and deregulation threaten to repeat past failures. Strong public services aren’t a luxury - they’re the foundation of a resilient Europe. We need investment, not austerity.
💰Cuts and deregulation threaten to repeat past failures. Strong public services aren’t a luxury - they’re the foundation of a resilient Europe. We need investment, not austerity.
Will be joining @kierancuddihy.bsky.social at 6pm today to reflect on COVID and the #BetterMaternityCare campaign 📻 🎙️
March 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Will be joining @kierancuddihy.bsky.social at 6pm today to reflect on COVID and the #BetterMaternityCare campaign 📻 🎙️
Almost 10 years ago, IMPACT (now @forsatradeunion.bsky.social) members working in the Community and Voluntary Sector launched their campaign for pay restoration following the 2008 crash which saw their pay and pay linkages decimated. (1/2)
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Almost 10 years ago, IMPACT (now @forsatradeunion.bsky.social) members working in the Community and Voluntary Sector launched their campaign for pay restoration following the 2008 crash which saw their pay and pay linkages decimated. (1/2)
We can't all be wrong!
#ServicesAreSuffering #SpeirGorm
Psychiatric Nurses Association gives notice to HSE of industrial action due to staffing shortages jrnl.ie/6645512
#ServicesAreSuffering #SpeirGorm
Psychiatric Nurses Association gives notice to HSE of industrial action due to staffing shortages jrnl.ie/6645512
Psychiatric Nurses Association gives notice to HSE of industrial action due to staffing shortages
The PNA said the level of staff shortage has left its members ‘burned out, frustrated, and fed up with continuously holding services together with minimal resources’.
jrnl.ie
March 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We can't all be wrong!
#ServicesAreSuffering #SpeirGorm
Psychiatric Nurses Association gives notice to HSE of industrial action due to staffing shortages jrnl.ie/6645512
#ServicesAreSuffering #SpeirGorm
Psychiatric Nurses Association gives notice to HSE of industrial action due to staffing shortages jrnl.ie/6645512
📢 @forsatradeunion.bsky.social Health Members should check their emails. Notice of Industrial Action has now been served to the HSE and all Section 38 hospitals 📢
Important to note that only @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members are protected during this industrial action. #JoinFórsa
Important to note that only @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members are protected during this industrial action. #JoinFórsa
March 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 @forsatradeunion.bsky.social Health Members should check their emails. Notice of Industrial Action has now been served to the HSE and all Section 38 hospitals 📢
Important to note that only @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members are protected during this industrial action. #JoinFórsa
Important to note that only @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members are protected during this industrial action. #JoinFórsa
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the women of #SpeirGorm and beyond.
a woman is sitting on a couch with her mouth open and making a face .
Alt: American actress Maya Rudolph is sitting in a chair. She blows kisses and makes a heart shape with her hands.
She has shoulder length red hair and is wearing a black top
media.tenor.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the women of #SpeirGorm and beyond.
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🚨Industrial Action across the HSE
Fórsa members will serve 3 weeks’ notice on Monday 10 March. This is in response to the Pay & Numbers Strategy, which has pushed the health service to the brink.
Our colleagues in INMO will also serve notice. Members, check emails for info.
Fórsa members will serve 3 weeks’ notice on Monday 10 March. This is in response to the Pay & Numbers Strategy, which has pushed the health service to the brink.
Our colleagues in INMO will also serve notice. Members, check emails for info.
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Industrial Action across the HSE
Fórsa members will serve 3 weeks’ notice on Monday 10 March. This is in response to the Pay & Numbers Strategy, which has pushed the health service to the brink.
Our colleagues in INMO will also serve notice. Members, check emails for info.
Fórsa members will serve 3 weeks’ notice on Monday 10 March. This is in response to the Pay & Numbers Strategy, which has pushed the health service to the brink.
Our colleagues in INMO will also serve notice. Members, check emails for info.
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social working in the Community and Voluntary sector want the govt to stay true to their election promises. Let's see what the day brings 🧐
#JoinFórsa #JoinAUnion #SpéirGorm
#JoinFórsa #JoinAUnion #SpéirGorm
Talks aimed at resolving the long-running pay dispute in the community and voluntary sector will resume today at the Workplace Relations Commission
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Talks to resume over healthcare workers' pay dispute
Talks aimed at resolving the long-running pay dispute in the community and voluntary sector will resume today at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
www.rte.ie
March 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social working in the Community and Voluntary sector want the govt to stay true to their election promises. Let's see what the day brings 🧐
#JoinFórsa #JoinAUnion #SpéirGorm
#JoinFórsa #JoinAUnion #SpéirGorm
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Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay