The long-running dispute concerning pay for Section 39 and other voluntary sector workers came under the spotlight in the last days of the election after an encounter between a SIPTU member and Taoiseach Simon Harris in Kanturk, County Cork on 22nd November. The...

Despite lengthy negotiations, we have reached an impasse. It does not appear possible, at this time, to negotiate an agreement that unions could confidently put to members in a ballot.

SIPTU members at the Kostal Ireland plant in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, will begin a campaign of industrial action, including work stoppages, on Monday, in a dispute over redundancy terms

The Musicians’ Union of Ireland, a SIPTU affiliate, has welcomed guidance from Palestinian performing arts organisations calling on cultural unions to take meaningful Palestinian solidarity action.

Delegates warned that rising student numbers and growing demand for apprenticeships were placing additional pressure on staff and institutions, with chronic underinvestment threatening the long-term sustainability of education services across the State.

The Government faces a mobilised army of citizens demanding that their concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and fair pay be heard, says Deputy General Secretary, Adrian Kane.

SIPTU remains strike-ready and has been reinvigorated by public sector industrial action, which has delivered membership growth and mobilised workers across the country.

Public services are best delivered by directly employed workers with the resources needed to serve their communities, delegates have been told at SIPTU’s Conference in Galway.

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.

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.

More than 200 delegates representing members from the Education, Community, State Related and Local Authority Sectors gathered in Galway last week for the Public Administration and Community Division Biennial Delegate Conference. The Conference, on 22nd and 23rd...