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A planned one-hour
work stoppage by nurses at Letterkenny General
Hospital today has been called off to allow
face-to-face talks to resolve the dispute take
place.
Discussions between health service employers and
nursing unions began yesterday and while planned
stoppages at 50 hospitals today have been suspended,
the nurses' work-to-rule continues.
General and psychiatric nurses are seeking a 10% pay
rise and a 35-hour working week.
These are the first talks to take place between the
HSE and unions since 40,000 nurses in the INO and
PNA began industrial action more than three weeks
ago.
The INO says the talks will be a 'tough challenge'
Meanwhile, the HSE said it was willing to discuss a
reduced working week within the Labour Court
framework.
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