by | Mar 7, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases, Private Sector
The gap between high and low earners in Ireland is growing, and that the best solution to such inequality was the right of workers to organise in independent trade unions says SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Greg Ennis. Addressing industrial relations experts,...
by | Feb 1, 2024 | General News, Latest News, Press Releases
The National Executive Council (NEC) of SIPTU met on the 31st of January to consider the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals for a new ‘Public Service Agreement 2024 – 2026’. The NEC, having considered the details of the proposals, decided that they...
by | May 16, 2021 | Imported, Press Releases
When we revisit his legacy each year at this time, we recall the scale of his contribution in word and deed to the emerging trade union and labour movement, to the struggle for a free and independent republic and to the defeat of what he described as...
by | Dec 17, 2020 | Imported, Press Releases
Having considered the details of the proposals it was decided to recommend them for acceptance by the union’s public service membership. It was concluded that they represent reasonable progress towards the objective of advancing pay and recovering austerity...
by | Dec 14, 2020 | Imported, Press Releases
The four workforce trade unions representing the workforce at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, issued the following collective statement confirming that in light of the breakdown of mediated talks with management, industrial action at the...
by | Dec 11, 2020 | Imported, Press Releases
The team of four ICTU negotiators told the meeting that Building Momentum: A New Public Sector Agreement represented a positive short-term package, negotiated against a difficult background, to build on the momentum of recent pay restoration and...