SIPTU Donegal HSE Health Care Assistants’ industrial action postponed pending talks 

by | Feb 12, 2026 | Health, Latest News, Press Releases

A 24-hour strike involving Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in Home Support in Donegal, set for tomorrow (Friday, 13th February), has been suspended after progress was made between HSE and SIPTU representatives regarding key dispute issues. SIPTU Organiser, Graham...

Joint Statement by Together for Early Years

by | Feb 12, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

As provider and employee representatives across both private and community Early Years services, we would like to express our serious concerns over the proposed judicial review of the Early Years Employment Regulation Order (ERO), which establishes legally binding...

SIPTU and Sofina Foods confirm union recognition at Carroll’s Cuisine

by | Feb 5, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing

SIPTU and Sofina Foods have jointly confirmed the formal recognition of SIPTU as the representative trade union for employees at the Carroll’s Cuisine site in Tullamore, County Offaly. SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil McGowan, said the agreement...

National protocol and fair pay for extreme weather work needed

by | Jan 28, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

As Storm Chandra continues to batter Ireland with heavy rain, high winds, and flooding, resulting in travel disruption and power outages, SIPTU has renewed its call for a binding national protocol to govern how Local Authority and State Agency workers are deployed,...

HSE Home Support HCAs announce regional strike action dates

by | Jan 22, 2026 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU members working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service across counties Donegal, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry will engage in strike action during February, on a regional basis, in a dispute arising from their employer’s failure to...

What union-agreed pay rises SIPTU members should see in 2026

by | Jan 9, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

If you’re working in construction, there are clear, dated pay increases already set down for 2026 through the legally binding Sectoral Employment Orders (SEOs) that set the “union rate” across the industry. Construction (SEO – legally enforceable floor) Under the...