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...

SIPTU members employed at Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore, County Offaly, will undertake two additional 12-hour work stoppages on Friday (21st November) and Saturday (22nd November).

We will continue our campaign to conclude the unfinished business of Connolly and Larkin, as right was, is and will always be on our side and the side of all working people.

SIPTU representatives have welcomed a ruling from the European Court of Justice putting the validity of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages beyond all doubt.

SIPTU General Secretary Elect, John King, has called for “a renewal of trade union activism” and urged Union’s members to recapture the hearts and minds of working people

SIPTU has called the publication of the Government’s National Action Plan on Collective Bargaining a “potential game-changer” provided that it is implemented fully and robustly.

SIPTU has released findings from a new snapshot survey of transport workers which reports an increase in incidents of antisocial and abusive behaviour across the public transport network.

SIPTU has rejected FAI managements proposals to make 60 staff redundant, describing the plan as ill-informed and a devastating blow to grassroots football across the country.

SIPTU Global Solidarity Committee has urged the Irish Government to support the upcoming resolution at the United Nations General Assembly which calls for the ending of the US blockade of Cuba.

Community organisations and workers have announced a major public meeting to discuss the threat to vital services across the county, under the banner Together, We Are Community.

The campaign of industrial action will commence with work stoppages from 10am to 2pm. on Friday, 31st October, and Saturday, 1st November. SIPTU members will place pickets during these stoppages.