by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
Urgent Government action to address the funding crisis in Further and Higher Education and secure protections for workers as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded across public and community services, were priorities in a motion from the...
by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
The Government faces a mobilised army of citizens demanding that their concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and fair pay be heard, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Adrian Kane, told delegates in Galway. Addressing delegates, Adrian Kane said: “Most of you in this...
by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU remains strike-ready and has been reinvigorated by public sector industrial action, which has delivered membership growth and mobilised workers across the country, delegates were told. Addressing the Conference, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Ethel...
by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
Public services are best delivered by directly employed workers with the resources needed to serve their communities, SIPTU PAC Divisional Organiser, Brendan O’Brien, told delegates at SIPTU PAC BDC in Galway. “Public services are strongest when they are...
by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has warned that Ireland is “sleepwalking into a corporate Early Years system” and has called on the Government to directly fund the wages of educators and managers in the sector. Delegates at SIPTU PAC BDC in Galway backed an emergency motion warning that a...
by | Oct 28, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU General Secretary John King contrasted the ‘democratic legitimacy’ of trade union strike action with the ‘mob rule’ of the fuel protests in April this year, in his address to the Conference. “I call on the Government to recognise the democratic legitimacy of the...
