Fórsa members at Oberstown to resume strike action in October
Fórsa members at Dublin’s Oberstown Children Detention Campus will stage a three-day strike from 5 October after a deadline passed.
· The Island · 1 min read
Fórsa members at Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Dublin will resume strike action with a three-day stoppage from Monday, 5 October.
What happened
The planned action follows the passing of a deadline in a dispute involving staff at the children detention campus. The Irish Times reported that several stoppages had already taken place during the summer.
An agreement was brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission after those earlier stoppages. The latest strike plans indicate that the dispute has not been resolved, although the reports do not set out the terms of the agreement or the issues still outstanding.
Fórsa represents the workers involved. Oberstown is Ireland’s children detention campus, and the action concerns employees working at the Dublin facility.
Why it matters
The three-day stoppage will affect a named public-service workforce and the operation of a national detention facility. Its timing also marks a return to industrial action after the Workplace Relations Commission intervention.
The reports do not specify how services at Oberstown will operate during the strike, how many workers will take part or whether further talks are planned. Those details will determine the immediate effect on the campus and on the wider dispute.