SIPTU to outline STOP67 campaign against pension age increases tomorrow in Dublin

by | Jan 22, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU General Secretary, Joe Cunningham, will outline the union’s STOP67 campaign to reverse the pension age increase to age 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028, in Dublin on Thursday 23rd January. The event will take place at 11.00 a.m. in the Cheyne...

SIPTU rejects Fine Gael claim on cost of demand to stop the increase in pension age

by | Jan 17, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU representatives have rejected a claim by finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, that the State cannot afford to stop the increase in the pension age to 67 years in 2021. Responding to finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, who questioned how the...

SIPTU members demanding real action on pension age increases from North West election candidates

by | Jan 16, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

Up to 150 SIPTU members and activists, working in the health service across the North West of Ireland, will gather for a special “Stop67” campaign event tonight in the Glasshouse Hotel, Sligo (Thursday, 16th January) at 7.00 p.m. At...

SIPTU hopeful after meeting with Minister for Sport to discuss future of FAI

by | Jan 15, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

A SIPTU delegation met the Minister for Sport, Shane Ross, today (Wednesday, 15th January) in Government Buildings in Dublin, to discuss the future of the FAI and the protection of the livelihoods of union members employed by the Association....

CE Supervisors balloting for industrial action in dispute over pension rights

by | Jan 15, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

Community Employment (CE) Supervisors are voting in a ballot for industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute concerning the failure of the Government to implement a Labour Court recommendation regarding their right to a pension....

SIPTU demands access to building sites following sharp rise in construction worker deaths

by | Jan 14, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU has called for its organisers to be granted access to building sites across the country following a doubling in the number of construction workers who died in workplace incidents during 2019. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Regan, said: “New...