by | Aug 7, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has requested an urgent meeting with the senior management of The Society of St Vincent de Paul to discuss threatened job losses resulting from its decision to close the organisation's Area Office in Drogheda, Co. Louth. SIPTU Organiser, Karen...
by | Aug 6, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The co-founder of Women Against Pit Closures, Anne Scargill, visited Greyhound workers at their picket line in Clondalkin, west Dublin, today (Wednesday, 6th August) in a show of solidarity with the SIPTU members who have been locked out...
by | Aug 5, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Government to commission and fund research on the health risks associated with shift work. SIPTU Health and Safety Advisor, Sylvester Cronin, said: “There is growing evidence from international research that erratic work...
by | Aug 1, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has today (Friday, 1st August) launched a ‘Discussion paper on Ireland’s housing crisis’ (attached) which sets out a four year plan to deal with the shortage of adequate social housing in the State. SIPTU General President, Jack...
by | Aug 1, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
Greyhound Recycling and Recovery workers who were hailed as heroes for saving a homeless man from being crushed in a refuse collection truck have written to the company requesting that their names and pictures be removed from its website. In February this year,...
