Updated September 28th 3pm –
Planned protest at hospitals around the country, including UHG, have been called off to allow for talks at the Labour Court.
Nursing and midwifery managers and linked grades from the INMO, PNA and SIPTU had been due to carry out the dispute tomorrow, over pay and grading structures.
The unions say they’ll now engage with the Labour Court process.
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Senior nurses and midwife managers at UHG will be taking part in a lunchtime protest tomorrow.
The INMO are holding protests across the country over ‘the non-implementation of proposals to modernise pay and grading structures.’
3,500 members of staff are taking part in the work-to-rule action in Galway, Cork, Limerick, Dublin, Drogheda, Letterkenny and Mullingar.
Along with senior nurses and midwife managers, it will also include staff in their linked grades, working across a wide range of healthcare settings.
That includes psychiatry, community services, public health nursing, maternity services, paediatric services, general hospital services, long-term care and palliative care.
The UHG lunchtime protest is taking place between 12:30-1:30PM tomorrow.
Details of all Lunchtime Protests:
Cork University Hospital – 12:30 to 13:30
St Vincent’s University Hospital – 12:00 to 13:00
Mater Public – 13:00 to 14:00
OLOL Drogheda – 12.30 to 13:30
Galway University Hospital- 12:30 to 13:30
Letterkenny University Hospital-13:00 to 14:00
University Hospital Limerick-12:30 to 13:30
Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar-13:00 to 14:00
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