by | Jul 14, 2026 | Divisions, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU members employed as Household/Domestic Staff at St Joseph’s Centre in Shankill, Dublin, are to proceed with a strike on Wednesday, 15th July, following a breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on Monday. The dispute follows...
by | Jul 6, 2026 | General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases, Public Administration and Community
SIPTU has today (Monday, 6th July) launched nationwide workplace consultations in preparation for strike ballots involving tens of thousands of members across the public service over the coming weeks, following the Government’s failure to begin meaningful negotiations...
by | Jul 5, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Press Releases
The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) confirmed that its 19 affiliated unions will convene their national executive bodies to prepare for potential industrial action ballots, following the failure to establish a basis for...
by | Jul 5, 2026 | Latest News, The Sunday Read
Last October, I travelled to Cuba and saw first-hand what decades of illegal, unjust economic blockade have done to a proud and resilient people. Hospitals without basic medical supplies. Families living through 20-hour daily power outages. Children, 12,000 of them,...
by | Jul 1, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Services
SIPTU representatives have criticised the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate for employers in the hospitality sector, warning that the measure represents a costly subsidy to business with no guaranteed benefit for workers or consumers. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Áine...
by | Jun 30, 2026 | General News, Latest News
Workers in the cleaning, security and catering sectors will rally in Dublin on Wednesday, 1st July, to demand better working conditions, decent wages and full collective bargaining rights, as the EU plans to overhaul public procurement rules. In Dublin, SIPTU and UNI...
