SIPTU members suspend industrial action in Galway social care work dispute

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members working as social care workers and social care leaders in the Brothers of Charity and Ability West services, county Galway, have suspended a campaign of industrial action which began earlier this month. SIPTU Health Division Organiser,...

SIPTU calls on Roscommon Leisure Centre management to attend LRC

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has called on the management of the Roscommon Leisure Centre to respond to a request for it to attend a meeting of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss a dispute concerning workers’ wages. SIPTU Organiser, Sandra Flanagan, said:...

SIPTU Cavan-Monaghan District Committee meets with local TD to discuss replacement for USC

by | Sep 29, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

Representatives of the SIPTU Cavan-Monaghan District Committee met with local Fine Gael TD, Joe O’Reilly, to discuss the union’s proposal for a progressive alternative to the Universal Social Charge (USC) and the ICTU Pre-Budget Submission at a...

SIPTU says planned role change for Rural Social Scheme is a further attack on rural Ireland

by | Sep 23, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has condemned the plan by the Department of Social Protection to redefine the operation of the the Rural Social Scheme (RSS), making it into a job activation measure, as a further attack on rural Ireland. SIPTU Organiser, Noreen Parker,...

SIPTU members to vote on HSE proposal in Galway health workers dispute

by | Sep 19, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members working as social care workers and social care leaders in County Galway will vote on a proposal tabled by the HSE to resolve a dispute concerning the payment of monies owed to them for evening work. SIPTU Organiser, Mark Lohan, said:...

Clerys workers protest outside store 15 weeks after closure

by | Sep 18, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

Former Clerys workers and their supporters protested outside the department store on O’Connell Street, Dublin, at lunchtime today (Friday, 18th September) to highlight their demand that the new owners of the business meet with them. The workers...