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Raise The Roof march in Dublin on 26th November
Raise The Roof march in Dublin on 26th November
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Big Start feature video for SIPTU's Biennial Delegate Conference 2022.
Cork City Council community wardens to begin industrial action on Friday
Cork City Council community wardens will commence a campaign of industrial action, including a picket on the headquarters of the local authority at City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork, on Friday (26th May) at 9.00 a.m., in a dispute concerning the failure to have their work roles adequately evaluated. Read More
SIPTU Retained Firefighters to begin industrial action on 6th June
SIPTU members employed as Retained Fire Services firefighters by local authorities across the country will begin a campaign of industrial action on 6th June, in a dispute resulting from the failure of management to adequately address a worsening recruitment and retention crisis in the service. Read More
SIPTU members in Tara Mines call on Minister to meet with union to discuss drilling licence
SIPTU members employed in Tara Mines attended a general meeting in the New Grange Hotel in Navan, county Meath, on Monday (15th May) to discuss a proposed pay deal, the need to renew a drilling licence for the facility and other issues affecting its operation. Read More
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- Congress condemns attacks on asylum seekers in Dublin >
- SIPTU says Nuremore Hotel liquidation shows more protections needed for workers >
- Irish Equity welcomes Oireachtas Committee recommendations on Film Tax Credit >
- SIPTU Radiation therapists forced to work extended days to complete cancer treatments >
- Trade unions demand remunicipalisation of waste services >
- SIPTU welcomes transfer of Shannon Heritage sites in county Clare to local authority control >
- SIPTU seeks clarity from Eamon Ryan on renewal of drilling licence at Tara Mines >
- SIPTU members to commence industrial action in local authority water services on 7th June >
- SIPTU members in National Ambulance Service vote overwhelmingly for strike action >
- SIPTU serves notice of two work stoppages on GMC engineering during May >
- SIPTU community sector workers vote for 5% pay rise >
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SIPTU Workers Rights Centre
We have a new public holiday, starting next week. One of the topics we are most asked about as a union is public holiday entitlements.
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Performing at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 30th May – 3rd June 2023. Tickets: €22 / €18. Click HERE for more information.
Raise the Roof March and Rally in Cork on Saturday 10th June. Assemble 12.30 p.m. Connollyy Hall, Lapps Quay, Cork READ MORE
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SIPTU's Pension Promise Campaign was launched at the Retired Members Delegate Conference in Liberty Hall on 24th April, 2023, the goal of the Pension Promise campaign is to ensure that retired workers have an adequate income to meet their living costs. READ MORE
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ICTU Anti Far-Right Campaign
“The far-right does not represent working people – trade unions do”, the message contained in a powerful anti-racist short video that was released by the ICTU on May Day.
Commemoration of 1972 bombings in Dublin
Poet, Rachael Hegarty, reading at the commemoration to mark the deaths of two bus workers, Tommy Duffy and George Bradshaw, who died in a loyalist bombing on 1stDecember, 1972 at Sackville Place in Dublin.
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