NIPSA members will join members of SIPTU,GMB and Unite in a campaign of industrial action in Newry and Mourne Council. The action will be as follows.
Industrial action will be Action short of strike from the 10/04/2023 00.01 to the 23/04/23 23.59 which will take the following form:
- A total ban on overtime from union members
- Members working to their job description;
- Members not covering for absent colleagues for whatever reason;
- Working to written, agreed protocols where these exist including refuse and leisure
- No member will be using their own vehicle for business purposes.
In order to clarify (4) in particular we have prepared some examples below.
No casual overtime will be done by our members the only exception to this is the payment for safety checks on the heavier vehicles.
Members will be working to their contracts i.e. no loaders will be driving refuse or cleansing lorries.
All Members will not be transferable to other areas of work not normally carried out by them.
All Members will be returning to base or suitable council premises to toilet or to avail of welfare facilities.
Refuse staff will be lifting their Routes on a daily basis and not returning the next day to lift work that has not been collected the responsibility for this lies with council.
Members will not be dealing with any queries and issues relating to or as a result of industrial action these matters will have to be addressed by management as they are outside of their remit to resolve and not part of their normal duties.