SIPTU says reduction in Navan A&E capacity endangers Tara Mines workforce

by | Jan 23, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Gerry McCormack, told a large crowd at a protest over the overcrowding in the Accident and Emergency Department of Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, county Meath, on Saturday, 21st January, that any...

Irish Equity calls for protection of film workers intellectual property rights

by | Jan 19, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

Irish Equity hosted an online discussion on ‘Contracts, Your Rights and the EU Copyright Directive’ on 11th January which focused on how greater protection can be secured for the intellectual property rights of film workers in Ireland.  In...

SIPTU calls on Minister to end pandemic payment delay for non-HSE workers

by | Jan 17, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU representatives have called for the intervention of the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, to ensure that eligible health workers employed in private employments and Section 39 organisations receive...

SIPTU raises serious concerns regarding staffing in CAMHS unit in Blackrock in Cork 

by | Jan 16, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU representatives have written to the management of the Eist Linn Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) inpatient unit regarding serious staffing issues at its facility in Bessborough, Blackrock, county Cork.  SIPTU...

SIPTU Retained Firefighters vote for strike action in dispute over crisis in service 

by | Jan 11, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU members in the Retained Fire Service across the country have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute resulting from a failure by management to address a worsening recruitment and retention...

SIPTU says National Ambulance Service crisis has paramedics at ‘breaking point’

by | Jan 7, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU representatives have raised concerns about the challenges facing its members employed in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) due to an increase in demand for its services that has pushed many paramedics to “breaking point”. SIPTU Sector...