by | Feb 15, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
We should not give the Right a monopoly of power. In Ireland, we are just emerging from the most dramatic economic collapse in any developed country in the world since the Wall Street crash of 1929. It came about because the hard right-wing Progressive Democrats...
by | Feb 15, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
Workers in Bord na Móna have voted to accept a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposal on pay and conditions by 60% in favour to 40% against, in a ballot which was counted today (Monday, 15th February). Bord na Móna Group of Unions...
by | Feb 15, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU has condemned the treatment by management of workers in West Clare Early Years who were informed at the weekend by text message that the five child care centres run by the organisation in county Clare are to close with immediate effect and their jobs were lost....
by | Feb 12, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU members in the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have expressed concern at the contents of the Fianna Fáil General Election manifesto which makes clear that the party is open to the removal of the DFB emergency ambulance service. SIPTU Sector Organiser,...
by | Feb 12, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU representatives will engage in intensive negotiations in the coming days with the management of AXA Insurance Ireland following the company’s announcement of possible job losses resulting from the implementation of a restructuring plan. SIPTU...
by | Feb 11, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU members in St James’s Hospital, Dublin, have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in response to a management attempt to impose an annual €500 car parking fee on health workers. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell,...
