by | Sep 14, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU Health representatives have this afternoon (Friday, 14th September) agreed to accept an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) scheduled for Tuesday 18th September. The move is in response to an understanding that the Department of Health...
by | Sep 14, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU representatives have today (Friday, 14th September) confirmed that thousands of Section 39 health and social care workers will participate in a one day national strike next Tuesday (18thSeptember) to highlight their claim for full pay restoration. A...
by | Sep 11, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
ONE Galway kick-started a housing campaign with a ‘camp-out’ by NUIG and GMIT students on Eyre Square, Galway City, today (Tuesday, 11th September), from 4.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. The ONE Galway movement which comprises trade...
by | Sep 7, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
SIPTU members have served notice of a 16-hour work stoppage in a dispute concerning a refusal by management to respect a Labour Court recommendation in relation to union representation for workers at the Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) plant in Gweedore, County...
by | Sep 5, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign has said low pay will continue to undermine the delivery of quality Early Years education. Union representatives welcomed the announcement by the Government today (Wednesday, 5th September) of increased funding for childcare supports...
by | Sep 4, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign is calling for a radical new approach to childcare funding to address the affordability and staffing crisis in the sector. Speaking in response to a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the state agency,...