SIPTU to ballot ambulance members for industrial action in outsourcing dispute

by | Sep 13, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are to ballot for industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute concerning attempts to outsource inter-hospital transfers in the Greater Dublin Area to the private sector. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU warns Ministers of industrial disputes increase due to Labour Court weakening

by | Sep 12, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has written to three Government Ministers calling for their urgent intervention to ensure the reappointment under warranty of a Labour Court Deputy Chairman, and warning that failure to do so will seriously diminish that body’s effectiveness and will likely lead...

SIPTU says Government has ‘bottled’ productivity challenge in new Action Plan

by | Sep 10, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have called out the Government for ‘bottling’ the challenge to improve Ireland’s economic productivity in its new Competitiveness Action Plan published today. SIPTU Researcher, Michael Taft, said: “This Competitiveness Action Plan fails to...

Minister must protect workers and rescued animals in threatened closure of ISPCA centre in Donegal

by | Sep 4, 2025 | Community Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU members employed in the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) are calling on the urgent intervention of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, due to the threatened denial of protections for workers and...

Dublin Fire Brigade to begin industrial action over safety concerns

by | Sep 1, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Local Authority Sector, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have served notice of industrial action due to serious safety concerns over the introduction of a new call-out and dispatch system. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is attempting to impose this...

SIPTU demands major State investment in Early Years Sector in Budget 2026

by | Aug 29, 2025 | Campaigns, Community Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU – the Early Years Union has outlined a series of key demands for Budget 2026, calling on the Government to make a transformative investment in the pay and conditions of Early Years professionals to secure the future of the sector. The Union is calling for urgent...