by | Jul 29, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
The third annual SIPTU Markievicz/Partridge Summer School focused on the topical issue of Early Years education at well attended meetings in Carrick on Shannon Friday, 26th July and Sligo on Saturday, 27th July. The Summer School programme of events began...
by | Jul 29, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU has endorsed the call made at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Children and Youth Affairs, today (Wednesday, 31st July), for increased support for workers seeking to highlight problems in childcare facilities. SIPTU Head of...
by | Jul 26, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
The Bord na Móna Group of Unions has said that comments made by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, today (Friday, 26th July) do not adequately deal with their concerns and that workers’ representatives must be fully involved in discussions...
by | Jul 25, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU representatives have called on the Government to ensure a graduate led workforce with decent pay and conditions is essential in order to attract and retain professionals in the child care sector. The union has also called for a full Garda and Tusla investigation...
by | Jul 24, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign has called for the radical reform of the childcare sector to ensure that the care and education of children is the primary focus. SIPTU Head of Organising and Campaigns, Darragh O’Connor, said: “We have a big...
