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...

In this week’s Sunday Read we republish history lecturer John Cunningham’s look at a dispute where the use of scab labour became a significant factor in a battle that foreshadowed the Dublin Lockout of 1913.

There are much more important things in life than six points from two Nations League matches against Israel. Football in Ireland will still go on if we refuse to take to the field says SIPTU’s Greg Ennis.

We Only Want the Earth: The Life & Ideas of James Connolly tells the story of one of the central figures in the founding of our Union. See it on RTÉ 1 on 26th August at 9.35pm. Available also on the RTE Player.

SIPTU’s Health Division has warned that artificial intelligence must not be allowed to replace human judgement, safe staffing, or compassionate care in Ireland’s health service.

SIPTU nursing manager members voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action and strike action over the failure of the HSE and Department of Health to implement pay recommendations 42 and 43 under the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery.  

SIPTU members working in the public service have commenced ballots for Industrial and Strike Action over the Government’s failure to meaningfully engage in a successor Pay Agreement.  

A landmark national agreement that enables eligible agency workers to transfer into directly employed public service roles represents a major victory for health workers and a significant step towards rebuilding a stronger, more sustainable health service.

Members employed at Ireland’s largest dementia care facility voted in favour of a WRC proposal ending a long-running dispute at the unit which caters for more than 80 people daily.

Throughout July and August, SIPTU representatives have been meeting members in workplaces across the country as part of our consultation process on the Government’s ongoing failure to begin negotiations on a successor Public Service Pay Agreement.

SIPTU members employed at Ireland’s largest dementia care facility have voted in favour of a proposal put forward by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on 7th August ending a long-running dispute.