SIPTU welcomes decision to keep pension age at 66 and end mandatory retirement

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Ethel Buckley, has welcomed the Government’s decision to retain the pension age at 66. Ms Buckley said that the proposal to allow workers to remain in employment until they reach 70, while allowing those in...

Workers in thirteen community organisations in Donegal to strike on 22nd September

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

Staff in thirteen community organisations in county Donegal will strike on Thursday, 22nd September, as part of the Valuing Care, Valuing Community campaign to highlight the demand for a first pay rise in 14 years for workers in the sector. The...

SIPTU members consider industrial action at Dublin Airport in wages dispute

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU worker representatives employed by the daa in Dublin Airport have declared no confidence in their management and have begun preparations for balloting union members for industrial action in a dispute over the repeated failure to pay staff wages on time. SIPTU...

Government intent on provoking more strikes in care and community sector

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The Government is intent on provoking more strikes in care and community organisations as it seeks to ignore three days of industrial action in the sector this week as part of the Valuing Care, Valuing Community campaign and with more workers demanding to join...

SIPTU members picket and protest locations in five counties over next three days

by | Sep 23, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

Hundreds of SIPTU members in the community and care sector will take strike action over the next three days (Wednesday, 21st to Friday, 22nd September) in more than 20 organisations in counties Cork, Kerry, Galway, Mayo and Donegal....

Workers in Ability West in county Galway to strike on 22nd September

by | Sep 15, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

Staff in Ability West in county Galway will strike on Thursday, 22nd September, as part of the Valuing Care, Valuing Community campaign to highlight the demand for a first pay rise in 14 years for workers in the organisation. SIPTU Organiser,...