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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.
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SIPTU calls on Taoiseach to intervene in Local Employment Services dispute
SIPTU representatives have called on the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to directly intervene in a dispute concerning Local Employment Services (LES) following the publication of a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which found that their privatisation does not deliver “value for money”. Read More
Pay proposals accepted by union members in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
SIPTU and the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) have today (Thursday, 2nd December) confirmed that union members working in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) have accepted new pay proposals by an overwhelming majority. Read More
SIPTU calls on Government to support Bill providing greater rights to migrant workers
SIPTU representatives have called on the Government to reconsider its opposition to the Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which if enacted would provide migrant workers with increased rights, including language training and improved sick leave provision. Read More
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- SIPTU members in Local Employment Services in county Offaly announce industrial action >
- SIPTU calls for reduced capacity on public transport to protect workers and passengers >
- SIPTU addresses European unions on European Works Councils’ campaign >
- SIPTU calls on LISK to implement Labour Court recommendation on union recognition >
- SIPTU condemns Stackstown Golf Club for hiring contract workers to replace staff >
- SIPTU Meath District Council seeks meeting with Minister on Our Lady’s Hospital A&E threat >
- SIPTU members in Laois and Offaly LES and Job Clubs to ballot for strike action >
- SIPTU welcomes Oireachtas Committee report on Job Clubs and LES >
- Unions to lodge pay claim for community and voluntary sector >
- SIPTU seeks urgent meeting with ministers on rising anti-social behaviour on public transport >
- SIPTU says a well-funded, dynamic, local public services model can boost living standards of all >
- SIPTU campaigns to end multi-national companies using Ireland to circumvent workers’ rights >
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Unions to lodge pay claim for community and voluntary sector.
Labour Court Evelyn Owens
Watch a video on the life and work of Evelyn Owens (1931 - 2010), a former chair of the Labour Court and an accomplished member of the Seanad between 1969 and 1977.
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.
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SIPTU report shows one in five workers are low paid READ THE REPORT HERE
Final Zoom session of the year on Wednesday, 8th December at 8pm. 'Doors' open online from 7.45pm. READ MORE
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