by | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor has announced that the union is to organise a major campaign against low wages and exploitative work practices and contracts. In his opening address to the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference in City Hall, Cork...
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SIPTU train drivers in Irish Rail have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a dispute which results from the company reneging on a commitment to discuss past productivity. SIPTU Organiser, Paul Cullen, said: “The result of this ballot,...
by | Oct 2, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have this afternoon (Friday, 2nd October) accepted Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals on a recruitment plan that will see numbers in the service brought up to safe minimum manning levels within an agreed...
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SIPTU members working in the cash-in-transit section of Brinks Ireland have this afternoon (Friday, 1st October) voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new agreement with management. SIPTU Organiser, Brendan Carr, said: “This new agreement will...
by | Oct 2, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
The SIPTU Biennial National Delegate Conference takes place in City Hall, Cork, from Monday, 5th October to Thursday, 8th October. The conference will debate motions on the economy, the housing crisis, health, pensions,...