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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.
SIPTU Carlow/Kilkenny District Council seeks equity for 65 year old retirees
The SIPTU Carlow/Kilkenny District Council has called for an end to the inequity in state payments and other supports between workers forced to retire from their employment at 65 years of age and later retirees. Read More
Statement by President Michael D. Higgins May Day 2021
The President speaks of how May Day has traditionally been a day to celebrate the progress made – through the efforts of workers and trade union activists – on securing important worker rights, including the fundamental rights laid down in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, but also rights relating to health and safety, fair wages, paid vacations, parental leave, and pension plans. Read More
SIPTU members express outrage at deferral of ERO for security industry
SIPTU members in the security industry have expressed outrage at a decision to defer the implementation of pay increases contained in a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the sector until 1st September, 2021. Read More
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- SIPTU seek emergency WRC hearing over future of Greystones Home Help Services >
- SIPTU calls on Kerry Group to attend WRC to avoid industrial dispute >
- SIPTU welcomes Citizen Assembly call for legal right to collective bargaining >
- No public contract without collective agreement >
- SIPTU calls for urgent meeting with contractors on Intel site after Covid-19 outbreak >
- SIPTU blows the whistle on FAI attempts to silence union representative >
- SIPTU welcomes eleventh hour intervention on CE Supervisor pension dispute >
- SIPTU says government economic projections will undermine future growth prospects >
Singer and MUI member Niamh Parsons
Singer and Musicians Union of Ireland member Niamh Parsons, on the work and life of a performer in a pandemic.
Rights4Riders - Global Day of Action
SIPTU representatives host an online political rally about the Union’s concerns in relation to worker rights, safety and pay for delivery and platform workers.
Early Years - Pay us our Worth
Our work is still underpaid and undervalued
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.
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What Unions Want: Current and Future Trade Union Priorities
"Young workers in new industries are leading the efforts to organise and are turning to trade unions to create change in their workplace.
Cross party political support for Stop67 campaign
STOP67 campaigners set out our strategy and policy objectives.
Construction trade unions and employers sign safety at work protocol for sites
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and the Trade Union Federation (TUF) signed a Return to Work Safety Protocol on Friday, 12th March at a Collen Construction site in Haymarket, Dublin. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the site has been closed since 8th January.
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