Women’s national football team outline serious issues at press conference in Liberty Hall

by | Apr 4, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

Members of the Republic of Ireland women’s national football team and their representatives in the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland (PFAI) outlined a range of issues that have adversely affected the performance of the squad at a press conference...

SIPTU accepts invitation to WRC talks on Bus Éireann dispute tomorrow

by | Apr 4, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU representatives have accepted an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to attend talks, aimed at resolving the Bus Éireann dispute, tomorrow (Wednesday, 5th April) at 10.30 a.m. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie...

SIPTU announces resolution of new entrants pension dispute in Pfizer in Ringaskiddy

by | Apr 3, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members in Pfizer Ireland Ltd., Ringaskiddy, County Cork, have settled a dispute with the company following its agreement to allow 35 new entrants access to its defined benefit pension scheme. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Alan...

SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers to ballot on strike action

by | Mar 31, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers are to commence a ballot for industrial and strike action due to the threat to their jobs resulting from the wider crisis in the company. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said:...

SIPTU will use all legitimate industrial relations procedures in public transport dispute

by | Mar 31, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU Transport Division organiser, Greg Ennis, has said that the union did not organise and does not condone the unofficial action which disrupted rail and bus services this morning. He said that the union regrets the manner in which tens of thousands of...

Up to 1,000 march and rally in support of Bus Éireann strikers outside the Dáil

by | Mar 29, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

Up to 1,000 public transport workers and their supporters marched to Leinster House at lunchtime today (Wednesday, 29th March) in support of a demand by Bus Éireann strikers for the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, to establish a...