Clare’s retained firefighters have accused the Government of showing them “complete disrespect” with regard to pay and conditions.
SIPTU has demanded an urgent meeting at the Workplace Relations Commission after Government officials made what’s been called an “unacceptably low” offer at a meeting concerning increasing the annual retainer.
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It’s understood the first offer was to increase the retainer by €300 and after this was rejected, the improved offer of a €750 increase was also turned down by the SIPTU Retained Firefighter Negotiating Committee.
Killaloe Fire Station Shop Steward Edward Moloney believes the offers show the total lack of appreciation of the work of firefighters.
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