by | Jun 27, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
Following RTÉ’s devastating investigation into private nursing homes, SIPTU is demanding immediate government action to enforce safe staffing levels and end the profit-driven neglect of elderly care. The exposé revealed systemic abuse, with residents denied basic...
by | Jun 27, 2025 | Latest News, SIPTU Bulletin
After weeks of intense negotiations between the HSE, the Department of Health, and health workers’ unions, an agreement has been reached on the HSE Principles for Extended Services. The initiative aims to enhance patient access to services by extending opening hours,...
by | Jun 27, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members employed providing vital services including care for the disabled, elderly and youth supports in Section 39 organisations recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of pay proposals agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). SIPTU Sector Organiser,...
by | Jun 27, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
Over the last number of months, SIPTU Health Division members were engaged in a series of workplace actions aimed at resolving a dispute arising from the HSE’s Pay and Numbers Strategy. Thanks to our members strength and resolve an agreement was brokered at the...
by | Jun 27, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
During Union Week, the ICTU organised awareness campaign which took place in late April and early May, SIPTU Health activists held dozens of events in health service workplaces from Sligo to Cork and Louth to Wexford. SIPTU Sector Organiser Sharon...
