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 representatives announced an escalation in industrial action at Ireland’s largest dementia care facility with a 72-hour strike scheduled for next week following a lack of progress in talks.

SIPTU representatives have today expressed serious and deep concerns following the publication of the Government’s Summer Economic Statement.

SIPTU members employed as Household/Domestic Staff at St Joseph’s Centre in Shankill, Dublin, went out on strike three days following a breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on 13th July.

During Trade Union Week, which took place in late April and early May, SIPTU Health activists held dozens of events in health service workplaces from Wexford to Donegal and Mayo to Louth.

The Sean McHugh report, Role and Function of Health Care Assistants, was issued in 2018 following a long campaign by SIPTU members to review and acknowledge the ever-expanding role of the Health Care Assistant. SIPTU’s Care Sector continued to campaign for the...

SIPTU members will consider findings of a Labour Court recommendation, issued on 7th July, on the long-running dispute over pay rates for Public Laboratory Scientists working in the HSE.

SIPTU members overwhelmingly accepted Labour Court proposals on 17th July resolving a six-year dispute over pay rates in the National Ambulance Service (NAS).

SIPTU’s Health Division is fighting for a new Public Sector Agreement that delivers real pay increases, protects job security, and stands up to outsourcing.

Over the next couple of weeks, from the 20th of July to the 28th of August, there will be townhall meetings where we will hold consultations and ballots on industrial and/or strike action. 

SIPTU members overwhelmingly accepted Labour Court proposals today (Friday, 17th July) resolving a six-year dispute over pay rates in the National Ambulance Service (NAS).