SIPTU tells Oireachtas Committee that hospital staffing levels are putting lives at risk

by | Nov 20, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

SIPTU representatives told the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee today (Wednesday 20th November) that the HSE recruitment embargo across all grades in the health service and related agencies is putting the lives and health of patients at risk. At the committee it was...

Concert celebrating singer, playwright and author Dominic Behan in Liberty Hall

by | Nov 20, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

The work of singer, playwright and author Dominic Behan will be remembered in a concert featuring singers, historians, and friends of the late artist in Liberty Hall Theatre on Saturday, 30th November at 7.30 p.m. Among those performing at the...

Tara Mines unions to resist the attack on PAYE workers through flat rate expenses reductions

by | Nov 15, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

Unions representing employees in Boliden Tara Mines in Navan, county Meath, have called for the reversal of a decision to drastically reduce an allowance which has been in place for mine workers since 1990. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Regan,...

CE Supervisors to meet with TDs to call for return of community sector High Level Forum

by | Nov 15, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

Community Employment (CE) Supervisors will visit Dáil Éireann to present a letter to TDs demanding they put pressure on Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, to reconvene the Community Sector High-Level Forum, at...

SIPTU members in SK biotek in Swords begin 24-hour pickets following lockout

by | Nov 14, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

SIPTU members at the SK biotek, the pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Swords, County Dublin, commenced a 24-hour, seven days a week, picket (Thursday, 14th November) outside the plant in response to a lockout by management....

SIPTU members in SK biotek in Swords locked out of workplace this morning

by | Nov 13, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019

SIPTU members at the SK biotek pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Swords, County Dublin, have been refused entry to their workplace by management this morning (Wednesday, 13thNovember). SIPTU Organiser, Jim Fuery, said: “The...