by | Mar 31, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
The SIPTU Meath District Council endorsed the union’s ‘Yes Equality’ campaign for marriage equality at a meeting in the Dan Shaw Centre, Navan, county Meath, on Tuesday, 24th March. The meeting heard presentations on the...
by | Mar 31, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU members working as bus drivers for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are to ballot for strike action following a threat to privatise 10% of routes without the agreement of workers. SIPTU Utilities and Construction Division Organiser, Owen Reidy,...
by | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
Political and trade union activists from across the island attended a one-day conference on the future of Palestine in Liberty Hall on Saturday, 28th March. Among those who addressed the conference, entitled ‘Where Now for the Two State Solution...
by | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU members have stated that a proposal received from the management of Aer Lingus, today (Monday, 30th March), in relation to the guaranteeing of workers’ terms and conditions of employment in the event of a take over by IAG, does not...
by | Mar 27, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has warned that a rigid interpretation of EU budgetary rules risked strangling Ireland’s fragile economic recovery and must now be handled flexibly by the European Commission. “If the Government...
by | Mar 27, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015
A leading advocate for children in Gaza who was to invited to speak at a conference on Palestine in Dublin tomorrow has been refused a visa by the Israeli authorities. Dr Mona El Farra, projects director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance has refused a...
