by | Jan 24, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU representatives have said that the promises on childcare contained in the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil election manifestos published today (Friday, 24th January) are not adequate to deal with the worsening crisis in the childcare sector. SIPTU Head of...
by | Jan 24, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
Community Employment (CE) Supervisors have overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute concerning the failure of the Government to implement a Labour Court recommendation regarding their right to a...
by | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU was joined by leading non-governmental organisations for the launch of the Stop67 campaign in Dublin today (Thursday, 23rd January) which aims to halt the increase of the state pension age for workers to 67 from next year. Speaking at the formal campaign...
by | Jan 22, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU General Secretary, Joe Cunningham, will outline the union’s STOP67 campaign to reverse the pension age increase to age 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028, in Dublin on Thursday 23rd January. The event will take place at 11.00 a.m. in the Cheyne...
by | Jan 17, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020
SIPTU representatives have rejected a claim by finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, that the State cannot afford to stop the increase in the pension age to 67 years in 2021. Responding to finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, who questioned how the...