Community Sector workers in seven more counties vote to join pay dispute strike action

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed in selected community schemes in seven additional counties have voted to join their colleagues in the Irish Wheelchair Association and numerous organisations in county Galway and county Waterford in a one-day work stoppage next week as part of a...

ICTU Film and Television Construction Group of Unions accept new National Construction Agreement

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The ICTU Film Construction Group of Unions (FCGU) has welcomed the introduction today (Friday, 1st July) of a new National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Irish film and Television industry. Members of the unions involved, SIPTU, BATU,...

Galway Rape Crisis Centre workers to strike on Wednesday to highlight failure on pay

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in the Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) are conducting a 24-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 6th July, to demand a first pay rise in 14 years and the restoration of pay which was removed from them during the economic crisis. SIPTU...

SIPTU supports law to ensure monies paid as service charges go to workers

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The SIPTU Hospitality Sector Committee has welcomed changes to the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022, which will ban the display of service charges on bills unless the payment is going directly to staff, which were passed in the...

Community sector strike escalates following government failure to engage with unions

by | Jun 28, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed in community organisations in county Waterford and county Galway have announced a 24 hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 6th July, as part of a wider campaign by workers in the sector seeking to secure their first pay rise in 14 years....

SIPTU members campaign for union recognition in DePuy Synthes in Cork

by | Jun 28, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives met with workers employed by the medical devices manufacturer, DePuy Synthes, to discuss their fight for union recognition in the St Vincent’s GAA Club, Knocknaheeney, Cork, on Saturday,18th June. SIPTU...