SIPTU says Living Wage increase confirms urgent need for collective bargaining rights

by | Sep 29, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU has said that the rise in the Living Wage, which provides for a minimal and socially acceptable standard of living, to €12.90 per hour, confirms the urgent need to give workers the right to collective bargaining. Announcing the...

Unions to attend Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection to discuss growing crisis in local employment services and jobs clubs

by | Sep 29, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU and Fórsa representatives will attend a meeting with the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection today (Wednesday, 29th September) to discuss the growing crisis in local employment services and jobs clubs. It is expected that union...

Union representatives roundly reject water worker criticism

by | Sep 24, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

Unions representing thousands of water workers in local authorities have today (Friday, 24th September) roundly rejected Irish Water’s claims that recent service shortcomings in Dublin and Wexford occurred because of the lack of a single national water...

SIPTU members reject Aer Lingus proposals for cuts and work practice changes

by | Sep 21, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU members employed by Aer Lingus in ground operations at Dublin airport have voted by 82% to reject proposals by the company to reduce costs and change work practices in order to offset losses incurred by the airline due to the Covid-19 pandemic. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU welcomes payment to be made to redundant workers laid off due to pandemic

by | Sep 21, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the announcement, today (Tuesday, 21st September), that the Government will make a special payment to workers made redundant who lost reckonable service due to being laid off or put on short-time work during the...

Labour leader backs Galway Local Employment Services workers fight against privatisation

by | Sep 13, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU members employed in Local Employment Services (LES) and Job Clubs in Galway met with the Labour Party leader, Alan Kelly, and Labour Galway County Councillor, Níall Mc Nelis, on Friday (10th September), to discuss the...