by | Dec 10, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU members have welcomed a new hourly rate of €11.20 and an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for contract cleaners. The 40 cent increase was confirmed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and will be delivered to workers when the...
by | Dec 9, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
The STOP67 campaign has welcomed the removal of the pension age increase to 67 years on 1st January next in the Social Welfare Bill which will be debated in the Dáil today (9th December, 2020). The campaign, which helped to make the pension age...
by | Dec 7, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU representatives have today (7th December) confirmed that proposals for a new collective agreement for live action film and television crew have been accepted in a ballot of union members. SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Karan O Loughlin,...
by | Dec 2, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
Members of all four staff trade unions, Unite, GMB, NIPSA and SIPTU, forced into picket lines from 6am tomorrow [Thursday, December 3rd] In a joint trade union side statement and ahead of the industrial action, workforce...
by | Nov 30, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU representatives have said that the decision to keep third level lectures online for the rest of the academic year provides certainty for staff and students. SIPTU Education Sector Organiser, Karl Byrne, said: “We welcome the certainty being...