SIPTU and NBRU to attend WRC to discuss pay for Irish Rail drivers

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

Representatives of SIPTU and the NBRU have agreed to attend the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to discuss new pay arrangements for Irish Rail train drivers following the publication of a Labour Court Report on Past Productivity and Reduction in Working Week. In...

SIPTU meets with HSE management to discuss National Ambulance Service dispute

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU representatives met with HSE management this morning (Friday, 22nd July) to discuss a dispute concerning the conditions of employment of members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) which has resulted in a vote to commence all out strike action on...

SIPTU recommends rejection of Labour Court proposals on pay in Dublin Bus

by | Jul 20, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

The SIPTU Dublin Bus Traffic Section Committee has recommended to its members that they reject a Labour Court recommendation concerning pay at the transport company in a ballot to be conducted on Thursday, 28th July and Friday, 29th July. SIPTU...

SIPTU members in Dublin Bus to ballot on Labour Court recommendation on pay

by | Jul 20, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members working in Dublin Bus are expected to ballot on the acceptance or rejection of a Labour Court recommendation on pay, issued this morning (Wednesday, 20th July), before the end of next week. SIPTU Organiser, John Murphy,...

SIPTU warns against Brexit being used as excuse to attack members pay and conditions

by | Jul 19, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU economist, Marie Sherlock, has stated that her union will not allow ‘Brexit’ to be used as an excuse by employers for an attack on its members pay and conditions of employment. In an address to the MacGill Summer School in Glenties,...

SIPTU condemns proposal to raise minimum wage by 10c as completely inadequate

by | Jul 19, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU has condemned the proposal by the Low Pay Commission to raise the minimum wage by just 10c to €9.25 an hour as a completely inadequate response to the issue of low pay and poverty. SIPTU National Campaigns and Equality Organiser,...