by | Oct 24, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
At its monthly meeting today (Friday 24th October), the National Executive Council of SIPTU agreed the following statement on the issue of water charges. 1. The Government must take a step back and rethink its approach on the way it...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Government to ensure that new high quality jobs are created in Lisheen, Co. Tipperary, following the agreed wind down of operations at the local mine. SIPTU Organiser, John Regan, said: “Our union has been fully...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The Government needs to take a step back on the water controversy and find a way of providing the new investment required to deliver a proper supply of treated water in a way that meets with widespread acceptance, if not approval, while retaining it in...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
I want to compliment the Peace and Neutrality Alliance for its initiative in launching two publications and arranging this meeting to mark the centenary of the founding of the Irish Neutrality League in October 1914 by James Connolly, Tom Clarke, Eamon...
by | Oct 17, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) brought its global ‘No World Cup in Qatar without Migrant Workers Rights’ campaign to Ireland during the union federation’s European Regional Conference held in Dublin this week. Delegates at the...