by | Jul 5, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU, Ireland's largest trade union, has welcomed the decisive rejection of the one sided austerity agenda by the Greek people in today's referendum. The union has also called on the Irish government to act in solidarity with the beleagured...
by | Jul 3, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU has expressed alarm at the decline in the number of workplace inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) which was revealed in the agency’s annual report for 2014 published earlier this week. SIPTU Health and Safety Adviser,...
by | Jul 3, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
Members in Dublin Fire Brigade are to ballot for industrial/strike action in response to the refusal of the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, Owen Keegan, to implement an agreement reached in May for the filling of outstanding firefighter...
by | Jul 1, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU has launched a proposal for “A Progressive Alternative to the Universal Social Charge” (USC). It recommends that a new Social Solidarity Contribution, which would retain all the progressive elements of the existing USC charge as a highly...
by | Jul 1, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU has called on Ryanair to respect workers’ rights following a ruling by the Labour Court in Denmark that trade union members in that country can take industrial action against the company in order to secure their right to collective bargaining. Following an...
by | Jun 29, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU members working in the Our Lady's Unit in the Saint Patrick's Centre, County Kilkenny, had highlighted deficiencies in its operation to the management of the facility prior to it being de-registered and taken under the control of Health...
