Opatsi

17/12/2021

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12 Days Of Activism 🎄✨

Who is Barry Murphy?

Barry is the Deputy General Secretary of OPATSI (the plasterers’ union), a former President of the Cork Council of Trade Unions and the spokesperson on housing for ONE Cork.

Barry also recently featured on Episode 3 of The Making Of An Activist Podcast - check it out here: https://bit.ly/3EwBbUj

15/11/2021

An interesting article by Rory Hearne in the Examiner.

Young people are reluctant to enter a sector with boom-bust bouts of unemployment and bogus self-employment, but a State agency would counter this, ...

26/10/2021

The Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail Damien English TD, has formally approved a recommendation from the Labour Court for new minimum pay rates to workers in the construction sector.

Minister Damien English TD, has formally approved a recommendation from the Labour Court for new minimum pay rates to workers in the construction sector.

06/09/2021

Following on from the easing of restrictions regarding the pandemic. Our office in Dublin will re-open on Monday evenings from 7pm to 9pm by appointment only.
Please contact us on 019079200 to make an appointment.

15/07/2021

The link below is to the work placement experience programme. This programme further shows the lengths government will go to provide employers with no cost workers.
Employers wanting to avail of this programme have to satisfy a small set of criteria, this is what the web site says
“Employers who host a WPEP participant will provide a placement for 6 months with the participant attending for work experience for 30 hours a week.

There is no cost to the host/employer; the participant will be paid by the Department of Social Protection during their work placement. The WPEP payment will be €306 per week. No top-up payments to the participant are permitted.

The Oireachtas are facilitating slave Labour.

Workers in the construction sector who’s employment is governed by Sectoral Employment Orders, have their terms of employment protected by law. If you are aware of anyone being offered this type of slave Labour employment under the above scheme, please make them aware of their entitlements or contact our union.

The Work Placement Experience Programme allows employers to host a jobseeker on a work experience placement and to help the jobseeker to build new skills and gain valuable work experience. The programme is targeted at jobseekers who are on certain social welfare payments for 6 months(156 days) and w...

20/06/2021

Supreme Court overturns High Court finding on building sector’s pay and conditions Court upholds decision Minister for Business acted outside his powers in making SEO for electricians The judge said the Labour Court report in relation to the electricians SEO failed to properly set out a proper sum...

09/05/2021

From tomorrow, the country will again open to more activities. Here are some of the changes happening from tomorrow, MAY 10TH

•Travel | You can travel between counties in Ireland

•Visitors to your garden | Maximum of 3 households or 6 people from any number of households

•Retail | Click and collect, in-store by appointment only, and outdoor retail can reopen

•Personal services (hairdressers, barbers, beauticians) | Can reopen for customers with appointments only

•Stationary mobile homes and caravans | You can travel to your stationary mobile home or caravan if you are the owner

•Galleries, museums, libraries and other cultural attractions | Can reopen

•Public transport Public transport will run at 50 percent capacity

•Property viewings | By appointment only with licensed Property Service Providers

•Funerals | Maximum 50 mourners at service. No other events to take place

•Weddings | Maximum 50 guests at service. Maximum 6 guests at indoor reception or 15 outdoors

•Outdoor gatherings | Maximum 15 people

•Outdoor training | Maximum 15 people

01/05/2021

Happy Labour Day to all our members.

To ALL apprentices, there is a union for you and it’s Opatsi. Log on to www.opatsi.ie and get in touch today.

Welcome to the Operative Plasterers & Allied Trades Society of Ireland (OPATSI). Call us on today on 01 7994519.

30/04/2021

The Court of Appeal have just issued a judgement in the Gemma O’Doherty &Ors v Ireland & Ors in regards to their claim for costs, link attached.

They asked the court not to apply the normal rule that being, the costs follow the event. Have a nice long weekend Gemma.

28/04/2021

The continued ignoring by builders in seeking qualified tradespersons will impact further on building insurance.

The only thing necessary to gain access to a building site today in Ireland is a one day safe pass

An interesting article by Mick Clifford.

Fire engineers are being refused professional indemnity cover

31/03/2021

Bogus self employment (BSE) as explained to the PAC by Martin McMahon.
Martin’s expertise in the area of BSE is second to none. Well done Martin.

Martin McMahon, a former courier, tells PAC that the big problem for workers is the way in which employment is interpreted by the State agencies