by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Sinn Féin has backed the trade union movement’s call for the Government to enact legalislation enshrining the right of workers to collective bargaining and trade union recognition. Delegates at the party’s annual Ard Fheis in Castlebar, Co....
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) today welcomed the publication of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill will at last criminalise forced labour (modern-day slavery) in Ireland and protect victims who have been forced to commit...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has today (Wednesday, 17th April) unanimously endorsed the outcome of the ballot of public sector workers, which resulted in the rejection of proposals – known as Croke Park II –...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU members, together with their fellow trade unionists across the public service, have decisively rejected the proposals for a Revised Croke Park Agreement. The result reflected a deeper resentment among workers generally and public servants, in...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Minister for Education and Skills is introducing random audits on school and Department of Education funded third level building projects, in a proactive move to verify pay and conditions compliance on such sites. All public works contracts include a clause...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
UNITE trade union has welcomed the ruling by the European Court of Justice on Thursday, 25th April, to the effect that the State is in breach of its obligations under the terms of the EU Insolvency Directive to ensure that employees receive sufficient...
