SIPTU members formally employed by Rehab vote to accept redundancy terms

by | Jul 7, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU members formally employed at the Rehab Enterprises logistics centre in Raheen, county Limerick, have voted to accept a redundancy package from the company following a successful protest campaign to highlight its breach of a collective agreement....

Irish Equity says it’s time to ‘reset the clock’ as it welcomes RTÉ review process

by | Jul 6, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

Irish Equity has said that it is time to ‘reset the clock’ at RTÉ and has committed its members to full engagement with the review that has been announced by the Government at the national broadcaster in response to the growing scandal in relation...

SIPTU has called on the Government to urgently intervene in Tara Mines crisis

by | Jul 6, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU has called on the Government to take immediate action to attempt to resolve the crisis facing workers, their families and the economy which will result from a temporary closure of Tara Mines in Navan, county Meath, which is scheduled to...

ICTU to debate emergency motion on Government intervention in Tara Mines dispute tomorrow

by | Jul 5, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

The ICTU Biennial Delegate Conference will tomorrow (Thursday, 6th July) debate an emergency motion calling for an immediate and major intervention by the Government to protect the continued operation of Tara Mines in Navan, county Meath. SIPTU TEAC...

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary calls for radical overhaul of Unfair Dismissals Act

by | Jul 5, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Ethel Buckley, has called for a radical overhaul of the Unfair Dismissals Act to ensure that employers can no longer find it “cheap and easy to fire union activists”. Speaking at the ICTU Biennial Delegate...

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary tells ICTU conference that a new economic model is needed for social progress

by | Jul 4, 2023 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2023

The trade union movement must develop a long-term industrial and enterprise strategy that prioritises prosperity, equality, better public services and improved living standards, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, John King, told the ICTU...