Get Up, Stand Up… St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services

Agreements are only as good as the will that exists to stand up and be counted when the other party does not follow through on their word. In St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services, the organisation had made a long overdue agreement with the PNA to restore salary scales from January 2018. An effort to renege on this and to hoodwink members by only restoring scales by 50%, caused untold damage to the trust and goodwill within the organisation. A swift and efficient coordination of lunch time protests by the local committee with a concurrent ballot for industrial action for up to and including strike action, stopped the organisation in their tracks. A turnout of 73% of the membership to vote resulted in an overwhelming 100% ballot in favour of industrial action. Needless to say, the agreement was honoured.

Comhghairdeas to the members of St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services! Ní neart go cur le chéile!