by | Sep 4, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign is calling for a radical new approach to childcare funding to address the affordability and staffing crisis in the sector. Speaking in response to a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the state agency,...
by | Aug 29, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign is calling on the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) to adequately support a pre-school to primary school transition plan developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). The NCCA plan envisages the...
by | Aug 22, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
Staff in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have agreed significant pay increases, following local collective bargaining between management and trade union representatives. The new pay agreement includes increases of 7.5% for all union members...
by | Aug 20, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 20th August) said that members working in Respond Housing Association will be balloted for strike action unless management agrees to an urgent meeting with union representatives over plans to restructure the company....
by | Aug 17, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU members have voted overwhelming for strike action in a dispute concerning a refusal by management to recognise their right to union representation for collective bargaining purposes at the Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) plant in Gweedore, County Donegal....
by | Aug 13, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU representatives have called on the management of the Respond Housing Association to attend a meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to discuss proposed redundancies at the company. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Eddie Mullins, said: “In...
