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:...

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...

SIPTU working to counter threat of job losses at IS Varian in Dublin

by | Jul 16, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives are engaged in negotiations with the management of brush and houseware manufacturing firm IS Varian concerning the threat of redundancies at its plant in Walkinstown, Dublin 22.  SIPTU Organiser, Richard Elliott, said: “On 1st July, SIPTU...