SIPTU members employed in the security industry have welcomed the announcement that a new Employment Regulation Order for the sector will come into force on 28th September, increasing hourly rates of pay.
SIPTU General Secretary John King has called on the Government to reject employers’ demands to reduce the increase in the National Minimum Wage.
SIPTU has called on the Government to fund public transport and prevent average adult fare increases of 15% from January 2027, warning they would worsen the cost-of-living crisis and impact pay negotiations.
SIPTU members in the public service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall, and count centres in Cork and Galway today.
SIPTU has called on the management of Trimfold Envelopes to reverse its decision not to participate in a Workplace Relations Commission conciliation process concerning redundancy terms.
In this week’s Sunday Read we republish history lecturer John Cunningham’s look at a dispute where the use of scab labour became a significant factor in a battle that foreshadowed the Dublin Lockout of 1913.