Disability care workers’ pay left short

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...

SIPTU conference told we need an economy for workers not billionaires 

by | Feb 7, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

An economy which works for workers rather than billionaires must be built in Ireland, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Greg Ennis, told delegates attending the Union’s Services Division Conference in Galway.  Calling for Government action on providing workers in...

SIPTU conference told unions must help build left alternative to the Government

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

Trade unions must work with left-wing parties to ensure that the electorate has a credible alternative to the ‘most conservative Government in living memory’, the SIPTU Services Divisional Organiser, Adrian Kane, told his members’ conference in Galway. Addressing more...

SIPTU calls on Kent Playgroup Ltd to rethink closure of vital childcare service

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU – The Early Years Union has called on the management of Kent Playgroup Ltd to rethink a decision to end an Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme at its facility in Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, which is strongly opposed by workers and families...

Dublin Firefighters call out Government pensions betrayal

by | Jan 28, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

Younger members of Dublin Fire Brigade, who feel betrayed by the new Government due to its failure to honour commitments on pension reform, delivered a letter to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Dublin 1, at lunchtime today calling for an...

SIPTU has commended Local Authority workers for their work during Storm Éowyn

by | Jan 24, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU representatives have commended the Union’s members across the Local Authorities Sector for their unwavering dedication to providing essential frontline services, with often extremely stretched resources, to communities during Storm Éowyn and its aftermath. ...