SIPTU has called on the Government to immediately begin negotiations with the UK aimed at stabilising the trade in manufactured goods between the two states in the aftermath of the British vote to leave the EU.

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

SIPTU Manufacturing Division Organiser, Gerry McCormack said: “Currently around 16% of goods manufactured in the Republic of Ireland are exported to the UK. This figure rises significantly in the agriculture, food and drink sectors.“We had...

SIPTU President Jack O’Connor says Brexit is the result of years of austerity

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

SIPTU General President, Jack O Connor, has stated that the victory of the Leave campaign in the British referendum on EU membership results from the implementation of austerity policies that have alienated working people across Europe. O’Connor...

SIPTU President strongly opposed to Government’s budget plan for 2017

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

SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has said that the union strongly disagrees with the proposed distribution of available resources in Budget 2017 as outlined in the Government’s Summer Economic Statement as published yesterday (21st...

BNM rail and road transport workers threaten industrial action over pay cuts and outsourcing threat

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

SIPTU members in the Bord Na Mona (BNM) transport division have expressed outrage at the company’s plan to unilaterally impose pay cuts of at least 12% in the case of rail workers. The company has also announced that it is in the process of outsourcing its road...

SIPTU re-issues notice of industrial action at Oberstown Detention Centre

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

SIPTU members working in Oberstown Detention Centre in Lusk, County Dublin, have re-issued notice of industrial action following a decision to reject Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals relating to the dispute at the facility concerning health...

SIPTU members in national ambulance control centre suspend industrial action

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

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service control centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24, have tonight (Monday, 20th June) suspended a work-to-rule industrial action in order to allow for discussions with senior HSE management concerning staffing levels...