SIPTU calls for increased support and resources for frontline Local Authority staff

by | Dec 9, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have called for increased support and resources for frontline Local Authority staff who are required to work through extreme weather events such as Storm Barra, in order to maintain essential services and protect the public. SIPTU Sector...

Equity and MUI seek further financial aid for performers

by | Dec 9, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

Following the introduction of further Covid-19 restrictions, Irish Equity and the Musicians’ Union of Ireland (MUI) have welcomed the return of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the continuing support available through the Covid Restrictions Support...

SIPTU says childcare staffing crisis driven by low pay not lack of qualified staff

by | Dec 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have said that figures released by the Department of Further and Higher Education categorically confirm that the staffing crisis in childcare in not driven by a lack of qualified educators in Ireland but low pay in the sector forcing them to...

SIPTU members strike to save Local Employment Services in Laois and Offaly

by | Dec 6, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU members working in Local Employment Services (LES) and Job Clubs in county Laois and county Offaly today (Monday, 6th December) began a campaign of work stoppages in a dispute resulting from the privatisation of this community service. The industrial...

SIPTU calls on Taoiseach to intervene in Local Employment Services dispute

by | Dec 3, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have called on the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to directly intervene in a dispute concerning Local Employment Services (LES) following the publication of a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which found that their...

Pay proposals accepted by union members in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

by | Dec 2, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU and the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) have today (Thursday, 2nd December) confirmed that union members working in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) have accepted new pay proposals by an overwhelming majority. The...