by | Feb 28, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has condemned the treatment of workers at the G&K (Gurranbraher and Knocknaheeney) Community Training Centre, Cork, who have been denied their redundancy entitlements and access to personal possessions. The staff were told without any prior...
by | Feb 27, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU and the NUJ have jointly called on the Government to establish a Referendum Commission coinciding with publication of the proposed legislation on same sex marriage rather than waiting until the date has been set for the referendum. At a round table discussion in...
by | Feb 27, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members in Irish Rail have voted by 71% to 29% to reject proposals presented by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in relation to changes to their terms and conditions of employment, in a ballot which was counted today (Thursday, 27th February) in...
by | Feb 27, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has served notice of industrial action on Aer Lingus, the Dublin Airport Authority and the Shannon Airport Authority this afternoon (Thursday, 27th February). This followed the refusal of the companies to engage in meaningful talks or to present...
by | Feb 26, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has condemned as “shameful” a decision by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to subject the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) to competitive tendering from 2015. The LCDP delivers job training,...