by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Hundreds of home helps have attended SIPTU-organised meetings across the country to discuss the impact of new HSE contracts that come into force for the service next year. SIPTU Organiser Miriam Hamilton told Liberty: “These new contracts are a step in the right...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU members in Resources Facilities Services Ltd, a contract cleaning company, are conducting two one-hour work stoppages at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, today (Monday, 16th December) in protest at the company implementing a cut to...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Electricity consumers using prepay meters are spending significantly more than those paying the ESB and other suppliers through the traditional billing system. Retired public service worker, Anne Dunleavy, has estimated that she is paying 75 cent per...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Dún Laoghaire 1913 Commemoration Committee is hosting a workshop entitled “After the Lockout commemorations – Trade Union Organising in 2014 and beyond” to be held in the Dún Laoghaire Club, Eblana Avenue, Dún...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU members in Bus Éireann this week began voting on strike action in response to a threat by management to impose unilateral changes to the pay and conditions of workers. The ballot will be concluded with a count of the votes in Liberty Hall on...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The constitutional status of the Registered Employment Agreement (REA) structure, which legally protects the pay rates and conditions of employment of tens of thousands of workers throughout Ireland, is probably protected by legislation passed by the...
