SIPTU to consider Labour Court request for independent review of LUAS

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members will consider a Labour Court request that an independent financial assessment of the company which operates the LUAS light rail network is undertaken prior to them proceeding with a claim for improvements to their terms and condtions of employment. SIPTU...

SIPTU members suspend industrial action in Galway social care work dispute

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members working as social care workers and social care leaders in the Brothers of Charity and Ability West services, county Galway, have suspended a campaign of industrial action which began earlier this month. SIPTU Health Division Organiser,...

SIPTU calls on Roscommon Leisure Centre management to attend LRC

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has called on the management of the Roscommon Leisure Centre to respond to a request for it to attend a meeting of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss a dispute concerning workers’ wages. SIPTU Organiser, Sandra Flanagan, said:...

SIPTU Cavan-Monaghan District Committee meets with local TD to discuss replacement for USC

by | Sep 29, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

Representatives of the SIPTU Cavan-Monaghan District Committee met with local Fine Gael TD, Joe O’Reilly, to discuss the union’s proposal for a progressive alternative to the Universal Social Charge (USC) and the ICTU Pre-Budget Submission at a...

SIPTU says planned role change for Rural Social Scheme is a further attack on rural Ireland

by | Sep 23, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has condemned the plan by the Department of Social Protection to redefine the operation of the the Rural Social Scheme (RSS), making it into a job activation measure, as a further attack on rural Ireland. SIPTU Organiser, Noreen Parker,...

SIPTU members to vote on HSE proposal in Galway health workers dispute

by | Sep 19, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members working as social care workers and social care leaders in County Galway will vote on a proposal tabled by the HSE to resolve a dispute concerning the payment of monies owed to them for evening work. SIPTU Organiser, Mark Lohan, said:...