Donegal HSE Home Support HCAs secure overtime payments

by | Feb 19, 2026 | General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service in County Donegal have secured back payment of overtime owed to them since 2018, after a threat of industrial action led to management providing written commitments in talks with SIPTU representatives. A...

SIPTU members vote no confidence in RTÉ management plan

by | Feb 18, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have voted overwhelmingly to reject a management plan that will result in the endless outsourcing of jobs at the national broadcaster and deal a fatal blow to public service broadcasting in Ireland, destroying its critical role in...

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 condemns Minister over Bord na Móna sale and demands clarity on CEO repayment

by | Sep 24, 2025 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU has condemned the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Darragh O’Brien, for seeking to sign off on the private sale of Bord na Móna Recycling without having met with the workers directly affected, despite repeated requests from the Union for...

Private sector workers short changed by Government on pensions, sick pay and cost of living crisis 

by | Jul 23, 2025 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

Private sector workers have been short changed by a Government which has broken commitments on pensions, increased sick days and measures to offset the cost of living crisis while announcing tax breaks for business in its summer economic statement, according to SIPTU...

Progress on Assault Scheme and sleepover funding for Section 38 staff

by | Jun 27, 2025 | General News, Health, Latest News, SIPTU Bulletin

After sustained union campaigning, the HSE and Section 38 employers in intellectual disability and community services have confirmed that funding for the Serious Physical Assault Scheme is now available. This breakthrough follows concerns that frontline workers in...