by | Feb 6, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
SIPTU fire fighters are set to commence a national ballot for industrial action if the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government attempts to implement changes to working practices that would endanger fire fighters and the communities they serve....
by | Feb 5, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
The SIPTU Meath District Committee is urging Meath workers, their families and community organisations to turn out in large numbers in Dublin on Saturday, 9th February, to protest against being saddled with €64 billion of debt that belongs to...
by | Feb 5, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
SIPTU has called for the financial compensation of the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries and their families for the forced labour these women endured and from which religious orders and other businesses profited. SIPTU Equality and Campaigns Organiser, Ethel...
by | Feb 5, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
Workers at the Old Darnley Lodge, whose sit-in at the hotel in Athboy, Co. Meath, is now in its third week, are attending a creditors meeting of the business’s management company in the Cavan Crystal Hotel today (5th February). SIPTU...
by | Feb 4, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
SIPTU has written to the Minister for Health, James Reilly, requesting a meeting to discuss alternative proposals for savings in the health sector and the ending of the graduate nursing scheme. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Kevin Figgis, said:...
by | Feb 1, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
SIPTU has called for greater action from the receivers appointed to the Old Darnley Lodge, Athboy, Co. Meath, to secure new owners for the business and payments due to workers who have been staging a sit-in at the hotel for three weeks. SIPTU...
