SIPTU says thousands without domestic waste collection service highlights need for reform

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has renewed its call for the radical reform of domestic waste collection services following reports that thousands of homes in north County Dublin without a provider are being investigated for possible illegal dumping of rubbish. SIPTU Public Administration and...

SIPTU writes to Stryker CEO following major safety breach at anti-union plant

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have written to the US-based CEO of the medical devices manufacturer Stryker, expressing grave health and safety concerns after another fire at the company’s facilities in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, which are the centre of an ongoing union...

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, Public Administration and Community

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....