SIPTU welcomes the success of Tara Mines campaign to link Jobseeker’s Benefit to previous pay

by | Jul 11, 2024 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the partial success of its Tara Mines campaign in the form of new legislation which was passed in the Dáil this week which links Jobseeker’s Benefit to a worker’s previous earnings, paying them 60% of their previous gross weekly...

Demand for Minister to discuss threatened privatisation of Bord na Mona Recycling 

by | Jul 8, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU has strongly criticised the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, for failing, to date, to meet with Union representatives to discuss the threatened privatisation of Bord na Mona Recycling, which they say will be detrimental to...

National Advocacy Service strike action resumes

by | Jul 7, 2024 | Latest News, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU members employed in the National Advocacy Service will return to the picket lines tomorrow (Monday, 8th July) following a failure by management to adhere to an agreement to honour a Labour Court recommendation on pay and conditions for the workers who provide...

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...

Low pay is driving force behind Early Years staffing crisis 

by | Jul 4, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU representatives have today published the results of a survey of educators and managers in Early Years services which indicates that low rates of pay for workers is the main driving force behind a worsening staffing crisis. Speaking at the launch of the SIPTU...

Unions deeply troubled by new pensions Bill for uniformed services

by | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest News, Public Administration and Community

Trade unions representing Prison Officers, Fire Fighters and the Defence Forces have expressed extreme concern with proposed pension changes which will come before the Dáil.  SIPTU Organiser, Geoff McEvoy, said: “The Bill, in its current form, creates a real...