by | Nov 2, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has called on the Government to promote a referendum to amend the constitution to prohibit the privatisation of public water supply. Jack O’Connor said: “SIPTU supports the call for a constitutional...
by | Oct 31, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has repeated its call on the Government to defer the water charge payment due in Spring of 2015. SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor, said that each family must be guaranteed a free and adequate supply of treated water to meet its normal domestic...
by | Oct 31, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU and other health sector unions have asked Department of Health officials to examine whether an attempt by the Nurses and Midwives Board of Ireland (NMBI) to increase members’ retention fees from €100 to €150 next year breaches the Haddington Road...
by | Oct 30, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members in the pubic service have welcomed the Government’s decision to delete a section of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009 which gave public service employers the ability to cut workers’ core pay and adjust...
by | Oct 30, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has welcomed the Government’s decision to delete a section of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009 which gave public service employers the ability to cut workers’ core pay and adjust working hours without...
by | Oct 29, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
A benefit concert by Christy Moore for the children of Gaza has raised €27,871.41 ($34,338.60). The concert held at Vicar Street in Dublin on Sunday 12th October featured musicians Declan Sinnott, Vickie Keating, Jimmy Higgins, Mick...
