SIPTU President says Government must ‘hang tough’ on bank deal

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

“The Government must hang tough on the €3.1 billion promissory note and the wider bank debt,” SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, said at the James Larkin commemoration in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, this...

SIPTU condemns killing of Garda and raid on credit union

by | Jan 28, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

Adrian Kane, Sector Organiser for the Insurance and Finance Sector of SIPTU, has said that the killing of a Garda and the armed robbery at the Lordship Credit Union, Bellurgan, Jenkinstown, County Louth on (Friday 25th January) was a...

SIPTU backs rally tomorrow in support of Old Darnley Lodge workers

by | Jan 25, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU is backing a rally in support of the Old Darnley Lodge workers, outside the hotel in Athboy, Co. Meath, tomorrow (Saturday 26th January) at 1.00 p.m. The workers are on day ten of a sit-in at the hotel following its sudden closure on...

Department of Health has no plans to cut pay of graduate health professionals

by | Jan 23, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has received confirmation from the Department of Health that it does not intend to extend the controversial Nurse Graduate Scheme to other health professional grades. The issue was raised at a meeting with Department of Health officials on Tuesday (22nd January)...

SIPTU and MRCI launch film highlighting poor working conditions of migrant workers

by | Jan 21, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU and the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) launched a short social justice film documenting the experiences of low wage migrant restaurant workers today (Monday, 21st January) in Liberty Hall, Dublin. Food for Thought is informed by research...

SIPTU pays tribute to Inez McCormack as a fearless champion of working people

by | Jan 21, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU President Jack O’Connor has paid tribute to leading trade unionist and human rights campaigner, Inez McCormack, who passed away today (21st January). “Inez McCormack’s work as a defender of working people and campaigner for peace...