by | Jan 15, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar, to withdraw his claim that a strike by Irish Rail workers in opposition to cost cutting plans is “inevitable”. SIPTU Organiser, Paul Cullen said:...
by | Jan 15, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU representatives appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications today (Wednesday, 15th January) called for a “real public debate” on the proposed privatisation of up to 10% of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus...
by | Jan 14, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members employed by Resources Facilities Services Ltd at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, voted on Monday, 13th January, to accept Labour Relations Commission (LRC) proposals to end a dispute at the contract cleaning company. The dispute...
by | Jan 13, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
James Connolly and the Re-conquest of Ireland by historian Dr. John Callow is an illustrated book which introduces the political ideas of the labour leader drawing on recently discovered documents from the Marx Memorial Library in London. The Jim Connell Society...
by | Jan 12, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has demanded that the terms of reference of a forthcoming Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) review into ambulance response times includes consideration of the resourcing of the ambulance service and those which aim for similar targets. SIPTU Health...
