Waste industry review confirms need to return services to local authority control

by | Sep 28, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU has said that the review of the waste industry by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission confirms that the only long-term solution for the industry is the return of services to local authority control. SIPTU Public Administration and Community...

SIPTU members at RAP plant to escalate industrial action with 24-hour stoppage

by | Sep 27, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU members in the Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) plant in Gweedore, County Donegal, have decided to escalate their campaign of industrial action with a 24-hour work stoppage which will commence at 7.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 2nd October. The industrial...

SIPTU secures a proposal to address new entrants pay in the public service

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

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 24th September) secured a proposal from Government that will address outstanding pay issues for workers who joined the public service from 2011. SIPTU Deputy General Secretary for the Public Sector, John...

SIPTU members conduct work stoppage at Rapid Action Packaging in Donegal

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

SIPTU members in the Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) plant in Gweedore, County Donegal, began a 16-hour work stoppage at 7.00 a.m. this morning (Monday, 24th September), in a dispute resulting from a refusal by the company to respect a Labour...

Workers show non-compliant building subcontractors a ‘Red Card’ in Dublin

by | Sep 21, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

Workers and trade union organisers assembled outside a building site operated by Cairn Homes, on Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, this morning (Friday, 21st September) to highlight reports of subcontractors failing to comply with legally binding terms...

SIPTU says significant progress made in negotiations on pay justice for Section 39 workers

by | Sep 18, 2018 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2018

SIPTU representatives have said that significant progress has been made in negotiations today (Tuesday, 18th September) with officials from the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health to resolve a pay dispute for members working in Section 39...