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 12, 2025 | Health, Latest News Home
Following intensive negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), we advise that SIPTU has secured a set of proposals which will now be put forward for your consideration. These proposals, brokered by the WRC, mark a step forward in our campaign for fair...
by | Mar 3, 2025 | Health, Latest News
Talks aimed at resolving the long running pay dispute in the community and voluntary sector have been adjourned tonight, at the request of the WRC, until Friday morning (7th March) at 10.00am. Some progress was made at the talks today, however, there are a number of...
by | Feb 18, 2025 | Health, Latest News Home, Public Sector, SIPTU Bulletin
Unions representing staff in Section 39 community and voluntary organisations have been invited to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) with Government representatives on Monday 3rd March. This comes in the face of an ongoing SIPTU Health Division...
by | Feb 8, 2025 | Health, Intellectual Disability Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU has condemned the failure of publicly funded disability providers to increase pay, in line with National Minimum Wage (NMW) increases, for workers in disability services who carry out sleepover shifts. This failure is leaving frontline disability workers out of...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU, the Union of Health Care Assistants (HCA), has called on the incoming Government to expand and improve the public provision of nursing home and home care, following its release of the initial results of a survey of HCAs which highlights their concerns about low...
