by | Nov 27, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
In June 2024, a consultation paper was produced by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to launch a review of the qualifications for engineering posts in the local government sector. This latest review is being carried out by a ten-person working...
by | Nov 27, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Paul Mulligan Senior Executive Engineer Cavan-Belturbet Municipal District Cavan County Council “Prior to joining the Local Authority, I worked for six years with a Civil Engineering Contractor. None of the staff were represented by a Union at this time. Our employer...
by | Nov 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The SIPTU Manufacturing Division wishes to remind all members to consider purchasing goods from companies which are part of the Union-backed Supporting Quality campaign this Festive Season. The campaign grants products and services which are produced in unionised...
by | Nov 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU representatives have committed to attending Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) talks following the collapse of a mediation process at the Becton Dickinson plant in Drogheda, County Louth, that was aimed at achieving a fair redundancy package for the over 200...
by | Nov 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU’s Manufacturing Division committed the Union to campaigning to bring the maximum level of statutory redundancy from €600 to more than €1000 per week with a unanimous vote at its Biennial Delegate Conference in Galway on 24th October. Proposing the motion to...
by | Nov 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU’s Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil McGowan, called for workers’ rights and the right to unionise to be central to the debate in the upcoming General Election at the Union’s Manufacturing Division Biennial Delegate Conference in Galway on 24th October....
