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SIPTU Women on the Frontline of Covid - Eilish Balfe
Raise the Roof - Homes for All
A new plan to end the housing crisis.
SIPTU members in St Brigid’s to ballot for strike action next week
SIPTU members working as assistants and care workers in St Brigid’s Mental Health Intellectual Disability services in Ballinasloe, county Galway, are to ballot for strike action next week. Read More
SIPTU and Fórsa stage lunchtime protest outside Minister Heather Humphreys constituency office
SIPTU and Fórsa members, working in local employment services, will stage a socially distanced protest outside Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, constituency office, Mall Road, Monaghan Town, county Monaghan on Thursday, 22nd July at 1.00 p.m. to highlight their opposition to plans to privatise these essential community services. Read More
Serious risk to public from shortage of firefighters in Dublin Fire Brigade
SIPTU members in the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have highlighted the crisis situation in the service today (Friday, 16th July) due to a lack of trained firefighters resulting in several vehicles being unavailable for deployment. Read More
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- SIPTU calls for ‘blended working’ options for all public sector workers >
- SIPTU members to take industrial action in Doyle Shipping Group at Dublin Port >
- SIPTU members protest over plans to privatise local employment services >
- Launch of ‘New Deal for Early Years’ campaign by coalition of childcare groups >
- Healthcare workers “deeply offended” by lack of employer recognition for COVID work >
- A New Deal for Early Years' campaign launch >
- SIPTU NEC supports preservation of Moore Street battlefield site >
- SIPTU calls for a stop to the privatisation of local employment services >
- Stop67 campaign photo-opportunities with Dublin Bay South by-election candidates tomorrow >
- SIPTU calls on government to heed people’s support for public services over tax cuts >
- Dublin Bay South by-election candidates say childcare is a major election issue >
- SIPTU says pandemic has proven need for well-funded and dynamic public services >
- SIPTU says establishment of JLC for the Early Years’ services is good news for sector >
- SIPTU welcomes Supreme Court ruling confirming SEO legislation is constitutional >
- SIPTU seeks meeting with HSE and management of Camphill in Duffcarrig over threat to facility >
- SIPTU says POBAL report reveals low pay forcing childcare professionals out of sector >
- SIPTU calls for 100% compensation for mica homeowners in advance of protest >
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 launched ‘Our Community is Not for Sale’ at a socially distanced protest outside the Department of Social Protection, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin 1, on Friday, 9th July. Read more
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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