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,...

Bord na Móna rail and road haulage workers to ballot on industrial action

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

SIPTU members in the rail and road transport division of Bord na Móna (BNM) are to commence a ballot for industrial action in a dispute concerning the imposition of a unilateral pay cut by management. Bord na Móna Group of Unions Secretary and SIPTU...

SIPTU President offers condolences and calls for solidarity in response to Nice attack

by | Jul 15, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU General President, Jack O’ Connor, has offered his union’s condolences to the families and communities of those killed in the atrocity in Nice, France, last night (Thursday, 14th July). He strongly condemned the attack...

SIPTU calls on cleaning contractor SSE to discuss cuts to workers’ hours at Tuam plant

by | Jul 13, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU members employed by Specialised Sterile Environments (SSE) have called on the cleaning contractor to engage with their union representatives concerning a proposal to halve the number of hours it provides in cleaning services at the Valeo Vision Systems Plant in...

SIPTU economist says GDP growth figures provide opportunity for investment in Budget 17

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016

SIPTU economist, Marie Sherlock, has said that the revised GDP and GNP figures for 2015, published today by the Central Statistics Office, hugely mask the true performance of the Irish economy and called on the Government to clarify their...