By Chris Van Buskirk •
Updated on March 3, 2021 at 12:12 am
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A commission tasked with studying the civil service law and increasing transparency and the number of people of color in civil service positions did not hold its first meeting by the deadline required under the new policing reform law.
The 29-member panel was required to hold its first meeting by Jan. 30, under the bill signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker on Dec. 31. Its charge is to examine hiring and other personnel procedures for civil service employees, municipalities not subject to the provisions of the civil service law, and the Massachusetts State Police to improve diversity and transparency in recruitment, hiring and training. But the committee itself is still forming.
A commission tasked with studying the civil service law and increasing transparency and the number of people of color in civil service positions did not hold its first meeting by the deadline required under the new policing reform law.
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SIPTU members in the public service have voted by a resounding majority to accept the proposals in Building Momentum, a New Public Service Agreement. Follo.
ASTI members reject new public service pay agreement
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021
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The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has voted to reject the latest public service pay agreement Building Momentum because it does not restore full pay equality for staff recruited since 2011.
Members rejected the new deal by a margin of 79% to 21%.
The two-year successor to the Public Service Stability Agreement covers around 350,000 civil and public servants, and will add around €900m per year to the public service pay bill when fully implemented.
The ASTI is the first public service union to deliver a ballot result on the deal, and while it is a rejection, the deal is expected to be carried on an aggregate basis because the largest unions including Fórsa, SIPTU, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish National Teachers Organisation have recommended a yes vote.