Local authority staff are engaging in industrial action, indefinitely from today.
Employees, who are represented by the Forsa trade union, are refusing to carry out engagements with politicians.
The union is calling for better pay and conditions for staff who they say are working above their pay grade.
Sinn Fein Dublin City Councillor, Daithi Doolan, says staff aren't being treated fairly. The union has said this is due to the failure of local authority management to engage meaningfully with the union on the establishment of a job evaluation scheme for workers in the sector.
Job evaluation assesses if a job’s grade is properly matched to its duties and responsibilities. The industrial action will commence today with an indefinite ban on non-statutory political representations from TDs, senators and councillors from that date.
This means that local government workers will not respond to routine queries and requests for information from politicians. Fórsa said it will announce further action - up to and including strike action - in due course.
