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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.
SIPTU joins unions across EU to demand end to exploitation of construction workers
SIPTU members will join with construction workers from across the EU in a call for the European Commission to take action to limit and curtail exploitation in sub-contracting chains in the construction sector at a protest in Brussels, Belgium, tomorrow (Wednesday, 7th June). Read More
Water Services strike averted as Government concedes to SIPTU members’ demands
A nationwide strike by SIPTU members in local authority water services has been averted following the decision by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, to concede to their demands to have all their earnings protected if they do not transfer to Uisce Éireann. Read More
SIPTU says local authorities have failed to warn public on pending water and retained fire service disputes.
SIPTU members who work for local authorities in water services and in the Retained Fire Service have called on their employers to ensure that the public is prepared for any disruption caused by industrial and action due to commence next week. Read More
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- Congress condemns attacks on asylum seekers in Dublin >
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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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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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