Lunchtime Protest tomorrow calling for freedom for 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian child prisoners

by | Jan 24, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding a lunchtime protest outside the gates of the Dail (Irish Parliament) between 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, 25th January. The protest will be highly visual and photo-friendly with young people dressed as...

SIPTU demands clarification from Department on withholding of funds for Section 39 workers’ pay claim

by | Jan 22, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 22nd January) demanded that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) clarify whether its officials gave a formal instruction which resulted in the Health Service Executive (HSE) holding off on submitting a...

BNM Group of Unions members in Littleton Plant to vote on redundancy proposal

by | Jan 19, 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, will vote in a ballot, to be held within the next two weeks, on proposed redundancy terms which...

SIPTU welcomes cross party support for pay justice for Section 39 workers

by | Jan 17, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU representatives have today (Wednesday, 17th January) welcomed cross party support for a Dáil motion calling for the restoration of pay for Section 39 workers. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said: “SIPTU’s...

Dáil to debate motion to restore the pay of Section 39 workers

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

SIPTU representatives have today (Tuesday, 16th January) urged all political parties to support a Dáil motion to be debated tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, 17th January) supporting the restoration of pay for thousands of Section 39 workers. SIPTU...

SIPTU calls for HIQA investigation into impact of emergency department crisis

by | Jan 15, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 15th January) called on the Government to instruct the Health, Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to conduct an investigation into the impact of the crisis in hospital emergency departments on patient and...