The Labour Court has found a number of recommendations in favour of the nurses this evening. Image: Rollingnews.ie The Labour Court has found a number of recommendations in favour of the nurses this evening. Image: Rollingnews.ie THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has recommended that its members vote to accept proposals to resolve their recent strike.
Talks between the government and the union were referred to the Labour Court last month after the INMO rejected draft government contracts as “unreasonable”. “The government’s proposals were completely unreasonable and we are glad to see the Court has recognised this,” she said this evening. Meanwhile, the recommendation guaranteed that new nurses and midwives could reach the a higher scale after one year and 16 weeks.