by | Jun 25, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
Securing sectoral bargaining, which involves unions and employer bodies coming together to agree minimum pay and standards throughout an industry, is a key strategy for improving conditions for contract services workers in cleaning, security and catering. Rebuilding...
by | Jun 25, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU Contract Services Sector Organiser, Ed Kenny, discussed how the provisions of EU public procurement directives could be used to protect and improve workplace conditions at the Uni Global Conference held in the Waterfront Centre in Belfast in March. In a...
by | Jun 25, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
The Sector has embarked on an organising and density building initiative for contract services workers employed in hospitals around the country. The aim of the initiative is to build union power in hospitals against the background of successfully securing the Covid...
by | Jun 3, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
The first round of grants from the new SIPTU Education and Development Support (Scholarship) Scheme for 2nd and 3rd level students, recognising involvement in social activism were presented in April in Liberty Hall. SIPTU Head of College, Eira Gallagher, said:...
by | Jun 3, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
Did you know that we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the new Liberty Hall this year? Built by the Irish Transport and General Workers Union and funded entirely by members contributions, the modern Liberty Hall opened on May Day 1965. To...
by | Jun 3, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has long demanded a right for migrant workers on employment permits to change employer. We are of the view that being tied to a particular employer renders a worker far more vulnerable to exploitation. Finally, after years of campaigning led by the Migrant...
