by | Feb 2, 2025 | Latest News, SIPTU Bulletin, The Sunday Read
“He fought for the loaf of bread as no man before him had ever fought; but, with the loaf of bread, he also brought the flask of wine and the book of verse.” Every year at our Larkin Commemoration, people come together to re-examine, evaluate and be energised by the...
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...
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...
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. ...
by | Jan 19, 2025 | Education, History, Latest News, The Sunday Read
The Great Dublin Lockout remains the seminal event in the history of the Irish working class. That epic struggle also ranks as one of the great battles in the history of the workers’ movement internationally. Until recently, it was viewed as some kind of curtain...
by | Jan 17, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU’s Health Division is to begin a ballot of up to 5,000 members working in Section 39 Organisations for strike action due to the failure of the Government to honour a pay agreement struck at the Workplace Relations Commission in October 2023. SIPTU Sector...
