by | Nov 14, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
Following talks at the Labour Relation Commission (LRC) today (Friday 14th November) on proposals to privatise bus services, SIPTU has sought an urgent meeting with the Minister for Transport, Paschal Donohoe. SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Owen Reidy...
by | Nov 11, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called for workers in the beef industry to be compensated for the loss of earnings they have suffered as a result of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) blockade on beef processing plants. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Dunne, said: “Many...
by | Nov 7, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The biennial delegate conference of the SIPTU Manufacturing Division will take place on Friday, 7th November, in Liberty Hall, Dublin. The Manufacturing Division represents over 40,000 workers in the private sector across all industry sectors...
by | Nov 6, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
More than 350 human rights groups, trade unions and political parties from across Europe – including 16 from Ireland – have called for the EU to hold Israel accountable for its massacre of Gaza earlier this year by suspending the EU-Israel...
by | Nov 4, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members in the Kerry Women’s Refuge and Support Services, based in Tralee, Co. Kerry, will begin industrial action on Tuesday, 18th November, in a dispute concerning a unilateral change to workers' shift patterns. The...
by | Nov 3, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to abandon a proposal to cut Dublin’s main anti-poverty programme by more than €740,000 in 2015. The cut is proposed for the Social Inclusion and Community...
