Members of Garda Representative Association (GRA) vent annoyance at comments by Drew Harris on rosters he wants to introduce
Mr Harris then told delegates as part of his efforts to reach agreement on rosters, his senior management team had held 64 meetings over three years with the Garda associations. Most of those meetings, he added, were under the chair of an industrial relations expert. However, after “all those meetings” the roster proposed by the expert was rejected by both the GRA, which represents over 12,000 rank and file gardaí, and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors .
“The atmosphere in the room was indicative of the feeling the commissioner lacked a bit of sensitivity to the strength of feeling on the issue,” Mr O’Connor said. “It is about members and their work-life balance, and how it impacts their families. Policing is a difficult career. It does impact on families.
While AGSI has already said its members may “withdraw their service” – a strike in all but name – the GRA said it was now committed to an internal Garda process in an effort to reach a compromise on the rosters issue. The restarting of that internal process was announced last month at the same time Mr Harris said he had deferred the introduction of the new rosters for six months to give the fresh negotiations a chance to reach a compromise.
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