Fórsa national secretary Peter Nolan said the executive of the union’s local government division backed the motion. However, he cautioned that he wanted to consult senior executive officers about the proposal to ballot for industrial action. He said that senior executive officers were the third highest grade in local authorities after chief executives and directors of services. “The background to this is that local government made senior executive officers interchangeable with their engineering colleagues who enjoy a premium in pay over them. However, he said it was important to have the absolute, unqualified support of the union’s national group of senior executive officers.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2019 13:41 UTC