SIPTU members in Dublin Bus serve notice of series of 48-hour work stoppages

by | Aug 30, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members working across a range of grades at Dublin Bus have this morning (Tuesday, 30th August) served notice on management of a series of 48-hour work stoppages during September in a dispute concerning pay. The work stoppages will result in a complete...

SIPTU calls on GE Healthcare to honour contracts with new workers

by | Aug 29, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members employed in GE Healthcare in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, have called on the company to honour all contracts entered into with new employees and also respect the terms of a Labour Court recommendation concerning collective bargaining. SIPTU...

Unions refer Accident and Emergency Department workers dispute to Labour Court

by | Aug 26, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU, IMPACT and IMO representatives have referred a dispute concerning concessions awarded to workers in Accident and Emergency Departments to the Labour Court, following the breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) this afternoon...

SIPTU members in Element Six in Shannon vote for industrial action

by | Aug 26, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members in Element Six in Shannon, County Clare, have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action in response to the failure of management to fully implement a Labour Court recommendation in relation to changes of work practices and shift patterns...

SIPTU members protest outside the Savoy Cinema in Dublin city centre

by | Aug 24, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members employed in the Savoy Cinema on O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, protested outside their place of work today (Wednesday, 24th August) to highlight their opposition to the company’s imposition of unilateral changes to work...

SIPTU calls for immediate end to ‘free labour schemes’ such as JobBridge

by | Aug 21, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU has called for an immediate end to JobBridge, and similar “free labour schemes”, following media revelations that a report byauditors in the Department of Social Protection has found that its monitoring system is unable to ensure its...