Protests in Dublin, Galway and Waterford on day-two of community sector strike tomorrow

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

SIPTU members will hold protests in Dublin, Galway and Waterford tomorrow (Wednesday, 6th July) to mark the second day of strike action by care and community sector workers in a long running dispute in which they are seeking their first pay rise in 14...

Hundreds attend public meeting on survival of RSS and Tús schemes in Castlebar

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

More than 500 people attended a SIPTU organised public meeting on the need to protect the operation of Rural Social Scheme (RSS) and Tús projects in the Travellers Friend Hotel in Castlebar, county Mayo, last night (Monday, 4th July). SIPTU...

IWA strike to go ahead tomorrow following Government failure to engage with unions

by | Jul 4, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) will conduct a 24-hour work stoppage tomorrow (Tuesday, 5th July) following the refusal of the Government to discuss with their union their need for a pay rise for the first time in 14 years. SIPTU Public...

SIPTU members in Kostal vote for industrial action to protect terms of employment

by | Jul 4, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in Kostal Ireland GmbH have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, at the company’s plants in Abbeyfeale, county Limerick and Mallow, county Cork, as part of a dispute...

SIPTU members at Dublin airport given assurances over deployment of Defence Forces

by | Jul 3, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives and shop stewards met with daa management on Friday, 1st July, to discuss the implications for union members following the request from transport minister, Eamon Ryan, for the Defence Forces to be put on standby at the...

Community Sector workers in seven more counties vote to join pay dispute strike action

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

SIPTU members employed in selected community schemes in seven additional counties have voted to join their colleagues in the Irish Wheelchair Association and numerous organisations in county Galway and county Waterford in a one-day work stoppage next week as part of a...