Unions welcome return of rights to freelance workers in Competition Amendment Bill

by | May 31, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

Trade unions have pledged to re-organise freelancers in the arts, culture and media sectors following the passage through Dáil Eireann, this evening (Wednesday, 31st May), of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 which will restore...

SIPTU and Childcare United activists mark International Children’s Day with social media campaign

by | May 31, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members working as Early Years educators will be taking action on International Children’s Day, tomorrow (Thursday, 1st June), to highlight the staffing crisis facing the sector. The action by SIPTU members is in collaboration with...

SIPTU calls on Government to seize the opportunity to reform health care in Ireland

by | May 30, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU Health representatives have today (Tuesday, 30th May) called on the Government to implement the findings of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Health Care Report which outlines a sustainable plan to radically reform the delivery of public health...

SIPTU welcomes announcement by MSD that it intends to create 330 new jobs

by | May 30, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU representatives have expressed support for an announcement, today (Tuesday, 30th May), by pharmaceutical multinational Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD) that it intends to create 330 new jobs in its plants in Brinny, County Cork,...

SIPTU to demonstrate in support of Gender Pay Gap Bill outside Leinster House today

by | May 24, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU has called for public support for a demonstration in support of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017, outside Leinster House, Dublin 2, today (Wednesday, 24th May), at 6.00 p.m. This...

SIPTU President offers condolences and calls for solidarity in response to Manchester bombing

by | May 23, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has offered the condolences of union members to the families of those killed and those injured in the bombing in Manchester last night (Monday, 22nd May). “On behalf of our union I express my...