SIPTU elects new Honorary President and Vice President at conference in Sligo

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU delegates have elected a new Honorary President, Mary O’Sullivan, and Honorary Vice President, John Montgomery, at the union’s Biennial Delegate Conference in Sligo today (Wednesday, 30th March). A SIPTU shop steward in...

ICTU President highlights need for collective bargaining rights at SIPTU conference

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ICTU President, Kevin Callinan, called for a focus on securing collective bargaining rights for workers in Ireland and protecting living standards in the face of a record high inflation rate, at the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference in Sligo,...

SIPTU to seek private sector pay rises in line with inflation

by | Mar 29, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Gerry McCormack, said his union members will make “no apology” for seeking pay rises which ensure workers and their families standard of living is not eroded by a record high inflation rate which he warned could...

President Michael D Higgins tells SIPTU conference that unions to lead workplace and social change

by | Mar 29, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, has called on trade unions to lead workplace and social change in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic in a speech to the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference today (Tuesday, 29th March). President Higgins said;...

SIPTU conference told community workers to begin protest campaign on 11th April

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SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, John King, has told the union’s Biennial Delegate Conference that members within the community sector will begin a national campaign of protest, industrial and strike action aimed at ending “the neglect of...

SIPTU General Secretary says union will pursue wage increases which offset inflation

by | Mar 28, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU General Secretary, Joe Cunningham, has told his union’s Biennial Delegate Conference that it will pursue wage increases which offset the impact on workers of an inflation rate which is expected to reach heights not seen since the 1980s....