SIPTU bus drivers in Go-Ahead Ireland to ballot for industrial action in pay dispute

by | Dec 19, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed by private bus operator, Go-Ahead Ireland, will commence a ballot for industrial action tomorrow (Tuesday, 20th December). The dispute is in response to the refusal by the company to attend the Workplace Relations Commission...

SIPTU members defer strike action at Zenith Bantry Bay Terminal

by | Dec 12, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The planned strike action by SIPTU members employed Zenith Bantry Bay Terminal, county Cork, has been deferred in order to allow workers an opportunity to consider proposals put forward by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) today. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU calls on Rehab Group to urgently pay redundancy owed to Limerick workers 

by | Dec 6, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members who worked at Rehab Enterprises in, Raheen, county Limerick, have expressed their deep frustration at the delay by the Rehab Group in implementing a Labour Court recommendation that they should be paid outstanding redundancy payments....

Irish woman Esther Lynch elected to top job in European trade union movement

by | Dec 6, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

Irish woman and former Irish Congress of Trade Unions official, Esther Lynch has been elected General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). ICTU General Secretary, Owen Reidy, has warmly congratulated Esther Lynch following the...

SIPTU says employment permits do not resolve retention issues of home care workers

by | Dec 5, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

A recent government announcement that 1,000 General Employment permits will be made available for home care workers from January 2023 will not address the core issues of recruitment and retention of carers in the home care sector, according to SIPTU...

Workers now legally entitled to receive tips and gratuities paid in electronic form

by | Dec 1, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has welcomed new laws governing the practice of tipping to hospitality workers that have come into force today. Under the Payment of Wages Act employees now have a legal entitlement to receive tips and gratuities paid in electronic...