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...
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...
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...
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)...
by | Jan 21, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013
Workers at the Old Darnley Lodge, who are on day five of a sit-in at the hotel in Athboy, Co. Meath, have launched a publicity campaign to highlight their call for a meeting with Mitrespor, the managers of the business, who have not been...
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...
