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 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.

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.

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 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.

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

Following discussions the ICTU Public Services Committee agreed to defer strike action. Pay talks are now underway with our lead negotiator Deputy General Secretary, Adrian Kane. More details here.

Please note to claim dispute benefit an actual deduction from pay must have occurred as a result of engaging in strike action, and that you also attended for picket duty.

Over 60,000 SIPTU members will take strike action today, manning up to 2,000 picket lines across the country alongside tens of thousands of union colleagues in the public sector. Support them.

SIPTU members will be taking strike action on Wednesday, 14th October, as part of the ongoing public service dispute. Pickets are planned at workplaces and locations across the country, including hospitals, ambulance stations, local authorities, educational...

Responding to a letter issued by Minister Jack Chambers TD this afternoon, SIPTU’s Adrian Kane, said that the Minister’s letter does not represent any change in his previously stated position.