SIPTU members in Kerry Foods in Carrickmacross to vote on strike action

by | Feb 19, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU members at the Kerry Foods plant in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, will ballot for strike action on Friday (23rd February) if management refuses to remove a threat to make 31 workers redundant without agreement. SIPTU Organiser, Jim...

SIPTU Health launches campaign for workers wishing to work beyond 65 years of age

by | Feb 19, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU Health representatives have today (Monday, 19th February) launched a national campaign aimed at protecting the pay of health workers who choose to work beyond 65 years of age. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said: “We are...

Dublin fire appliance taken out of service last night due to staff shortages

by | Feb 16, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU has called for immediate action to increase firefighter/paramedic numbers in the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) after a fire appliance was taken out of operation last night (Thursday, 15th February) due to a lack of staff in Donnybrook Fire Station,...

SIPTU calls on Kerry Foods to reconsider redundancy threat

by | Feb 12, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 12th February) called on the management of Kerry Foods to reconsider its threat to make 31 people redundant without agreement at the company’s factory in Carrickmacross, Monaghan. SIPTU Organiser, Jim...

SIPTU members in Section 39 organisations succeed in campaign to secure pay justice

by | Feb 9, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU members in Section 39 organisations have today (Friday, 9th February) deferred strike action, scheduled for next Wednesday (14th February), following an agreement, facilitated by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), to begin a...

BNM Group of Unions members in Littleton Plant accept redundancy proposal

by | Feb 9, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

Members of the Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions in the company’s peat briquette production facility in Littleton, County Tipperary, have voted 94% in favour of proposed redundancy terms in a ballot counted this evening (Thursday, 8th...