SIPTU member forced to retire at 65 awarded €18,000

by | Aug 6, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

A SIPTU member who worked at the Deepak Fasteners manufacturing plant in Shannon, County Clare, has been awarded €18,000 by the Labour Court in relation to a claim he instigated following his forced retirement at 65 years of age. Liam Murphy, who had worked for his...

SIPTU Early Years members back pay proposals including an up to 10% wage increase

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members working in Early Years services have delivered a decisive mandate in support of a proposed pay deal, with more than 90% backing it in a consultative nationwide ballot counted in Liberty Hall. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Diane Jackson, said: “SIPTU members...

SIPTU recommends members accept proposals in long-running ambulance pay dispute

by | Jul 30, 2025 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives are recommending members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) accept Workplace Relations Commission proposals on pay and work practice changes in a ballot which could conclude a long-running dispute over changes to the service.  The proposals...

Collection of trade union songs for women enters Irish Traditional Music Archive

by | Jul 29, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin

A collection of trade union songs related to women at work, ‘Songs for Union Maids’, has been added to the Irish Traditional Music Archive’s digital collection and is the theme of an exhibition at the archive’s offices in Merrion Square, Dublin 2, until mid-August....

SIPTU calls for clarity on EU/US tariffs regime and a State plan to deal with its impact 

by | Jul 28, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have called for clarity on the details of the EU/US trade deal announced yesterday and immediate action from the State that will prioritise protecting jobs in the sectors that are worse impacted. SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil...

Trade Union leader Mick Lynch links Great Famine and Gaza Genocide at Cork rally

by | Jul 26, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

Trade Union leader Mick Lynch highlighted the use of famine and hunger as a weapon of genocide in Gaza, and historically in Ireland, at the Cork Council of Trade Unions Palestinian Solidarity Rally in Grand Parade, Cork City. Former RMT leader, Mick Lynch, said:...