by | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has agreed a new three-year pay deal with the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), the national trade association for the motor industry, which secures a 21% increase in wages for craft workers employed across the sector over the next three years. SIPTU...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have made clear that they do not agree with the Government’s plan, announced in late July, regarding the future funding of the national broadcaster. SIPTU Services Divisional Organiser, Teresa Hannick, said: “We believe there has been a...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Ireland is unique within the EU in having an entirely free-market approach to the collection of domestic waste. This model is not sustainable. It is, in summary, bad for the environment, bad for citizens and bad for workers. Ireland must reform its domestic waste...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Bord na Móna is conducting a strategic review of the operation of Bord na Móna Recycling. This is code for its intent to sell it to the highest bidder. SIPTU is campaigning to prevent the privatisation of Bord na Móna Recycling. SIPTU wrote to Minister Eamon Ryan at...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU’s campaign for pay justice for waste workers and reform of the domestic waste sector is paying political dividends. A cross-party Group has been established in the Dáil to reform the domestic waste sector. SIPTU waste representatives met the cross-party group in...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU’s membership across the Waste Sector has grown dramatically in the last nine months, increasing by over 70%, as workers in the industry get organised across the country. SIPTU organisers have been on sites and depots of all major providers in the last number of...
