by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
Management and staff representatives at the Becton Dickinson (BD) plant in Drogheda reached agreement in December last year on redundancy terms after more than five months of negotiations which followed the announcement the facility was to close. The final deal,...
by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
Pay rises negotiated by the Manufacturing Division have averaged 3.8% per annum over the last three months with deals concluded in more than 50 workplaces including major employments including Medtronic, Analog Devices and Tirlán (formerly Avonmore). The pay...
by | Apr 16, 2025 | Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU representatives have met with workers and management of the German multi-national car parts manufacturer, Kostal, to discuss a sustainable future for its plants in Mallow, County Cork, and Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, as the company undertakes a worldwide...
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...
by | Apr 10, 2025 | Health, Latest News
Outsourcing key functions to private companies is the biggest threat facing workers and patients within the public health service, the SIPTU Health Divisional Organiser, Kevin Figgis, told the Union’s Health Division Biennial Delegate Conference in Wexford today...
by | Mar 18, 2025 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU members employed by Bord na Móna (BNM) Recycling, the country’s last publicly owned domestic waste collection service, have today served notice of a two-day strike action which will stop the company’s domestic waste collection services on 2nd and 3rd April....
