by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The National Transport Authority (NTA) intends to reduce the share of bus routes operated by the state-owned Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to between 60% to 70% nationally in a tendering process scheduled for late 2024. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Murphy, said: “The NTA...
by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has called for a full investigation into how footage of an incident on 12th July, where a female bus driver and member of the Union was shot with an airgun while working in the Limerick area has managed to be widely distributed on social media. SIPTU...
by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Anti-social behaviour, abuse, intimidation and violence are all too common across the public transport network. Passengers and transport workers experience it on a day-to-day basis. SIPTU has long campaigned for the establishment of a dedicated policing service in...
by | Jul 22, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community
National Advocacy Service staff brought their protest to outside the constituency office of the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in Wicklow last week to highlight their demand that a Labour Court recommendation on their pay and conditions is respected so they can return to...
by | Jul 21, 2024 | The Sunday Read
In 1945, women laundry workers went on strike for a second week’s holiday. The strike took place in the summer of 1945 and it lasted for 14 weeks. It involved around 1,500 workers and affected 14 laundries in Dublin. This week’s Sunday Read is dedicated to them and...
