Government delay on statutory sick pay provision increase condemned

by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin

The failure of the Government to honour its commitment on increasing the number of days of entitlement to Statutory Occupational Sick Pay from five to seven, which would bring Ireland closer to the far superior benefits available in other EU member states, has been...

Talks seek to resolve Becton Dickinson redundancies dispute  

by | Oct 21, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin

Redundancy negotiations for over 100 SIPTU members affected by the planned closure of the Becton Dickinson (BD) plant in Drogheda, county Louth, have entered into a mediation process overseen by former Labour Court Chair Kevin Duffy.  SIPTU Sector Organiser, Andrea...

SIPTU calls on Stryker to engage with the Union 

by | Jul 5, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing

SIPTU has written to the management of the Stryker plant in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, highlighting to it a call by the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, for the company to ‘take seriously’ statutory agencies recommendations for it to engage in collective bargaining with its...

Members in STERIS Plant in Tullamore call for union recognition 

by | Jun 11, 2024 | Latest News Home, Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin

SIPTU members employed by the medical equipment manufacturing company, STERIS, at its plant in Tullamore, County Offaly, have raised concerns with management and local politicians over a refusal to recognise their union for collectively bargaining their terms and...

Call on Stryker to respect OCED recommendation on union recognition

by | Jun 11, 2024 | Latest News Home, Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin

SIPTU has called on the management of the Stryker Plant in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, to respect the recommendations of Ireland’s National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and engage with Union representatives in collective...

A craven attempt by IBEC to row back on workers rights

by | Jan 22, 2024 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing

SIPTU has slammed what they have described as ‘craven attempts’ by IBEC, the employers body, to pressurise the Government into pausing further increases in the minimum wage and improvements in statutory sick pay.   Incoming SIPTU Deputy General Secretary for the...