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Early Years - SIPTU women on the Frontline of Covid
SIPTU Women on the Frontline of Covid - Eilish Balfe
Raise the Roof - Homes for All
A new plan to end the housing crisis.
Labour leader backs Galway Local Employment Services workers fight against privatisation
SIPTU members employed in Local Employment Services (LES) and Job Clubs in Galway met with the Labour Party leader, Alan Kelly, and Labour Galway County Councillor, Níall Mc Nelis, on Friday (10th September), to discuss the threatened privatisation of the vital community resource. Read More
SIPTU says it has legal means to end workplace discrimination against disabled people
SIPTU representatives have marked International Disability Awareness Day (Sunday, 12th September) to remind workers of the strong legal protections that have been secured to prevent discrimination in the workplace, due to a worker’s permanent or temporary disability. Read More
SIPTU members in local employment services to protest outside Fine Gael think-in on Monday
SIPTU members working in Local Employment Services (LES) and Job Clubs, will stage a protest outside the opening of the ‘think-in’ of the Fine Gael parliamentary party in Trim Castle, county Meath, on Monday, 13th September at 9.00 a.m., to highlight their opposition to the privatisation of the sector. Read More
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- Survey reveals childcare facilities face reducing services and potential closures due to staffing crisis >
- Unions voice serious concerns about return to 100% capacity on public transport >
- Unions demand Taoiseach intervenes to save Local Employment Services >
- Workers in Local Employment Services and Job Clubs announce a national day of protest >
- SIPTU to meet with News UK & Ireland Ltd to discuss threatened closure of Kells Plant >
- SIPTU welcomes international footballers agreement on pay and calls for similar action elsewhere in sport >
- SIPTU seeks return of Inland Fisheries Ireland outreach scheme for vulnerable people >
- FG TD Ciaran Cannon endorses SIPTU call for action on Early Years staffing crisis >
- SIPTU members in local employment services vote for industrial action >
- Irish Equity surprised at exclusion of Arts Minister from Cabinet committee on Covid-19 >
- SIPTU says increasing pay not work permits will solve Health Care Assistants shortage >
- SIPTU members in AbbVie consider escalating industrial action in collective bargaining dispute >
- Health unions slam HSE’s “empty handed” approach to healthcare worker COVID compensation >
- SIPTU members in SDCC Housing Department stage one day strike over staff levels >
Launch of New Deal for Early Years campaign
On Thursday, 8th July, SIPTU, together with a coalition of eleven Early Years and civil society organisations, launched the ‘New Deal for Early Years’ campaign for the reform of the childcare sector so it can provide improved services for children, families, workers and providers.
More Power to You Campaign
Local Government touches every aspect of our daily lives and affects every citizen – young and old alike. It affects our schools, our homes, our public parks. It’s in our work, our play and our recreation.
Frontline Heroes Tallaght Hospital
In early March, a film crew from SIPTU Health gained exclusive access to film our members on the frontline in Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin.
SIPTU Women on the Frontline of Covid
SIPTU Home Care assistant Ber Naughton describes working on the frontline during the Covid-19 crisis.
SIPTU members working in Local Employment Services and Job Clubs protest at the Fine Gael think-in, Trim, Co Meath, on Monday, 13th September 2021
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Launch of ‘New Deal for Early Years’ campaign. READ MORE
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SIPTU members protest over plans to privatise local employment services
SIPTU members launched the ‘Our Community is Not for Sale’ campaign, demanding an immediate halt to tenders for private companies to bid for state contracts to run programmes to assist people getting back into the workforce, on Friday, 9th July.
STOP67 Webinar - The right to remain in the job
On Wednesday 23rd June, the STOP67 Campaign hosted a webinar to discuss its demand for the introduction of a statutory Right to Remain in the Job with expert legal and industrial relations practitioners.
Low Pay Republic: Combatting Low Pay in the Irish Labour Market
Low pay is endemic in the Irish Republic. One in five workers is officially categorised as ‘low-paid’ – that is over 300,000 women and men.
Supporting Quality
Protecting quality jobs in Ireland and promoting Irish quality products.
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