by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU President Jack O’Connor has called for an immediate end to the economic policy of austerity which he described as “a violence perpetrated against working people and those who depend most on public services.” Addressing the MacGill Summer School...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
This year marks the Centenary of the Dublin Lockout when employers in the city sought to destroy the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, which they saw as a threat to the status quo and their own dominant position within it. Two books launched today...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The effects of the 1913 Lockout are still evident in Irish society 100 years after the great struggle between employers and trade unionists, according to SIPTU President Jack O’Connor. He said that although the employers had failed in their objective of...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU members conducting a 48-hour strike action at Milne Foods in Birr, County Offaly, have called on politicians to demand that the company, which has a number of contracts to supply State bodies, implement a Labour Court recommendation in...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Following overnight talks between union representatives and the management of Dublin Bus, that ended at 5.00 a.m. on Thursday, 8th August, a new set of Labour Court proposals on cost saving measures at the company have been formulated. When the final...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU Dublin Bus drivers are attending general meetings in Liberty Hall today (Monday, 12th August) where they are being briefed on Labour Court proposals on company cost savings. The proposals were published following over night talks last week between union...
