Industrial Action, CUH

j.mcdrmd

Friday 12th December 2014. IMO NCHD members in the Department of Anaesthetics at Cork University Hospital have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a ballot organised by the IMO over the past week.



The ballot was undertaken because the hospital has refused to pay NCHDs working in the department the contracted rate of pay since July last.

The IMO is working to restore the contracted rate of pay to the NCHDs in the Department.



The hospital has stated that they have been instructed to implement new salary scales for Streamlined Specialised Training Programmes from 14 July 2014.

However these new rates have not been agreed with the IMO and this represents a breach of NCHD contracts.


http://www.imo.ie/news-media/news-press-releases/2014/imo-members-in-cork-unive/
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Icemancometh

j.mcdrmd wrote: »

Friday 12th December 2014. IMO NCHD members in the Department of Anaesthetics at Cork University Hospital have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a ballot organised by the IMO over the past week.



The ballot was undertaken because the hospital has refused to pay NCHDs working in the department the contracted rate of pay since July last.

The IMO is working to restore the contracted rate of pay to the NCHDs in the Department.



The hospital has stated that they have been instructed to implement new salary scales for Streamlined Specialised Training Programmes from 14 July 2014.

However these new rates have not been agreed with the IMO and this represents a breach of NCHD contracts.


http://www.imo.ie/news-media/news-press-releases/2014/imo-members-in-cork-unive/
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Does anyone know how things are progressing in OLOL? I hear they are enforcing these cuts too.

Xeyn

Actually I heard it's all NCHD spr's who started this year regardless of whether they are in the run through program or not. At least that's what the hr department of one hospital has been directly instructed to do do by an HSE representative.

his_dudeness

Word coming through that an agreement has been reached in the LRC where the HSE is going to back pay all monies owed before Christmas, in return for the IMO suspending their strike action.

Vorsprung

The HSE managers who make these decisions really are completely ****.

Icemancometh

Vorsprung wrote: »

The HSE managers who make these decisions really are completely ****.

As well as being completely incompetent. So all the money will be paid, plus the cost of defending this action in the labour court. How much money have they wasted on this?

j.mcdrmd

his_dudeness wrote: »

Word coming through that an agreement has been reached in the LRC where the HSE is going to back pay all monies owed before Christmas, in return for the IMO suspending their strike action.

Interesting, however, I doubt that the HSE "is going to back pay all monies owed (to Doctors) before Christmas".

RobFowl

j.mcdrmd wrote: »

Interesting, however, I doubt that the HSE "is going to back pay all monies owed (to Doctors) before Christmas".

They will pay it in Jan so will come out of next years budget and make it look as if "savings" were achieved this year.......

his_dudeness

Icemancometh wrote: »

... plus the cost of defending this action in the labour court. How much money have they wasted on this?

It was sorted in the LRC, so no legal costs on the side of the docs anyway.

Icemancometh

his_dudeness wrote: »

It was sorted in the LRC, so no legal costs on the side of the docs anyway.

Yeah, but I imagine CUH will have had to fork over some money defending it.

j.mcdrmd

Can anyone confirm the current status of this debacle?

Did the anesthetists in CUH really get paid prior to Christmas 2014 or are they still on a promise?

Sitric

No, the hospital backed out and said they could not pay until January. Vote was taken to proceed with strike, 100% in favour. Written confirmation from hospital that all arrears to be paid by 31st December so strike postponed pending this.

j.mcdrmd

Sitric wrote: »

No, the hospital backed out and said they could not pay until January. Vote was taken to proceed with strike, 100% in favour. Written confirmation from hospital that all arrears to be paid by 31st December so strike postponed pending this.

How much of "a late payment clause" has been agreed on?

The IMO should know about that, if they are a union supporting Doctors.

Sitric

j.mcdrmd wrote: »

How much of "a late payment clause" has been agreed on?

The IMO should know about that, if they are a union supporting Doctors.

In fairness to the IMO, nobody involved would have got their wages paid without their support. All arrears have been paid in full.

Vorsprung

Have they backed down in Drogheda?

j.mcdrmd

Vorsprung wrote: »

Have they backed down in Drogheda?

It seems they have not.

http://www.medicalindependent.ie/57815/a_real_light_bulb_moment

"Trust has been destroyed between doctors and officialdom, writes Dr Anthony O’Connor"

Sitric

http://imo.newsweaver.com/oj3tgnosymc1htfhojkzzp?email=true&a=1&p=48938277&t=20629525

Withdrawal of the reduced pay scales for run through programs, I'm pretty sure if this had not been opposed, it would be hitting every SpR in the country this year.