by | Apr 17, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU representatives have today (Saturday, 17th April) welcomed an eleventh hour intervention of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath to settle the long standing Community Employment (CE) supervisors pension dispute. In...
by | Apr 15, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU representatives have today (Thursday, 15th April) written to the Minister of State with responsibility for Social Inclusion in the Department of Social Protection, Joe O’Brien, seeking a firm commitment to support the campaign to halt...
by | Apr 14, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU economist, Michael Taft, has said that the projections in the Stability Programme Update (SPU) of continued ‘low-tax, low-spend’ policies by the Government will undermine the future growth prospects of the economy. The SPU was...
by | Apr 11, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU members are not surprised by detailed revelations in the Irish Mail on Sunday (IMOS) of illegal work practices in the meat processing industry. An investigation published in the newspaper today alleges that some vulnerable workers are forced to secure fake...
by | Apr 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU representatives have today (Wednesday, 7th April) called on the Government to ensure that Early Years educators are treated on the same basis as teachers and other education workers in relation to the vaccine rollout. SIPTU Head of Organising and...
by | Apr 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
In a statement today, the Trade Union Group (TUG) said: “The RTÉ Trade Union Group notes the result of the ballot on the proposed RTÉ/TUG Stability Agreement with 87% against and 13% in favour. The proposals have been overwhelmingly rejected...
