​SIPTU calls on Amnesty to secure the jobs of laid off staff in Ireland 

by | Aug 30, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU has called on the Board of Amnesty International Ireland to use every means at its disposal to work to secure the employment of its staff in Ireland who are due to be laid off next month as the human rights organisation struggles with a financial crisis. SIPTU...

Government must support minimum €15 hourly rate for Early Years Educators

by | Aug 20, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU Early Years Union is calling for ring-fenced State funding to support a €15 minimum wage rate for educators and a 10% increase to all Employment Regulation Order (ERO) rates in its 2025 Budget Submission, ‘Towards a Professional Wage for Early Years’. SIPTU...

National Advocacy Service Staff pause Strike Action for talks

by | Jul 22, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

National Advocacy Service staff brought their protest to outside the constituency office of the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in Wicklow last week to highlight their demand that a Labour Court recommendation on their pay and conditions is respected so they can return to...

Dublin Fire Brigade operating with ‘one hand tied behind its back’

by | Jul 17, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

Dublin Fire Brigade resources were operating with ‘one hand tied behind its back’ in its response to the major civic disturbance in Coolock in Dublin on Monday according to SIPTU representatives.  SIPTU Organiser, Geoff McEvoy, said: “Staff shortages have been an...

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...

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...