SIPTU to hold meeting on union recognition for DePuy Synthes workers on Saturday

by | Jun 14, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives will hold a meeting for workers employed by the medical devices manufacturer, DePuy Synthes, to discuss their fight for union recognition in the St Vincent’s GAA Club, Knocknaheeney, Cork, at 2.00 p.m. on...

SIPTU members to begin industrial action in Bausch and Lomb plant in Waterford

by | Jun 9, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed by Bausch and Lomb will begin a campaign of industrial action, in a pay dispute at the multinational company’s manufacturing plant in Waterford City, with a two-hour work stoppage commencing at 12.00 p.m. (noon) this Saturday...

Raise the Roof meeting hears that rents rose by 10% in the last year in Meath

by | Jun 2, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

A meeting of the housing campaign group, Raise the Roof, in the Dan Shaw Centre in Navan, yesterday (Wednesday, 1st June), heard that new research has found that asking rents for properties in county Meath have risen by 10% in the last...

SIPTU says inferior pay and conditions for daa workers key factor in Dublin Airport crisis

by | May 31, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives highlighted the impact of inferior pay and conditions of employment for new daa staff as a key factor in the current crisis at Dublin Airport at a meeting with Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton,...

Hundreds attend Athenry meeting demanding action on RSS and Tús schemes crisis

by | May 31, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

More than 400 people attended a meeting to discuss the threatened collapse of Rural Social Scheme (RSS) and Tús programmes at a public meeting attended by several local elected representatives in the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry, County Galway, on...

SIPTU calls for action in relation to health and safety concerns in Munster fire

by | May 20, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members will ballot for industrial action if there is a failure to take immediate steps to resolve critical safety concerns relating to the operation of the software system of the Munster Regional Control Centre (MRCC) which controls fire service responses in...