by | Jan 6, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, John King, has called on the incoming Government to honour a commitment, given on a number of occasions to trade unions, to hold a referendum to provide constitutional protection against the future privatisation of public water...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded two SIPTU members employed in the Retained Fire Service €15,000 each due to being forced to retire at age 60 when both wished to continue in their jobs. Jimmy Murphy and Paul Curran, long-serving retained...
by | Aug 7, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
The SIPTU Workers’ Rights Centre secured awards totalling €3,889 for a worker who did not receive a statement of his terms of employment and was left with outstanding payments by his employer, Lawless Aggregate Ltd, Athlone, County Roscommon In its decision, the...
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...
