by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU representatives have met with workers and management of the German multi-national car parts manufacturer, Kostal, to discuss a sustainable future for its plants in Mallow, County Cork, and Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, as the company undertakes a worldwide...
by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
The failure of the Government to honour its commitment on increasing the number of days of entitlement to Statutory Occupational Sick Pay from five to seven, which would bring Ireland closer to the far superior benefits available in other EU member states, has been...
by | Nov 27, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The long-running dispute concerning pay for Section 39 and other voluntary sector workers came under the spotlight in the last days of the election after an encounter between a SIPTU member and Taoiseach Simon Harris in Kanturk, County Cork on 22nd November. The...
by | Nov 27, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The SIPTU Private Sector made five specific policy demands of political candidates in the run up the General Election, dealing with areas including the need for a transport police service, redundancy improvements, re-municipalisation of domestic waste services and...
by | Nov 27, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The SIPTU-backed ICTU-organised Rally for Unity and Hope! brought together hundreds of trade union and anti-racism activists in a call for solidarity among workers in the face of activity by racists and far-right politicians at the Larkin Statue on O’Connell Street in...
