by | Jul 18, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Greg Ennis, has given a guarded welcome to the proposed pay increases for building workers. A 10% pay increase for building workers is among the proposals contained in a new Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) for the construction...
by | Jul 17, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
The Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions has stated that the announcement by the company that it intends to invest €1.2 billion in its solar, wind and biomass businesses will do nothing to allay the growing jobs crisis in the Midlands resulting from...
by | Jul 14, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
Childcare workers who are forced to rely on social welfare payments over the summer months delivered hundreds of ‘Postcards from the Dole’ to Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, today (Friday, 14th...
by | Jul 12, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
Speaking after the publication of the Summer Economic Statement today, SIPTU General President, Jack O’ Connor, said that the forecast of a structural balanced budget in 2018 should not be seen as any great achievement at a time when major...
by | Jul 11, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
SIPTU has called on the Government to launch publicity and enforcement campaigns aimed at tackling white-collar crime which is estimated to have cost the economy more than €2 billion last year. White-collar crime refers to financially motivated non-violent crime...
by | Jul 4, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, today (Tuesday, 4th July), that the current regulatory regime for non-EEA migrant fishers, on whom the...
