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 received a revised pay proposal from the Dublin-based home care provider, Trinity Home Care following intensive engagement with the organisation’s management.

SIPTU members in essential contract services are being urged to mobilise for a protest at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on 1st July, to demand reform of public procurement processes to ensure workers’...

This is an exciting opportunity to work with Ireland’s largest trade union in an influential and rewarding civil society role. SIPTU is Ireland’s strongest trade union representing members, their families and communities in both jurisdictions in the public and private...

SIPTU General Secretary John King will give keynote speeches at two major events in the trade union calendar over the next couple of weeks, the Red Flag Festival in Navan and the Tressell Festival in the RDS.

Ireland’s domestically-owned economy is falling further behind comparable European economies on productivity, investment, research and development and goods exports, according to new NERI research

Securing pay increases greater than inflation, robust protections against outsourcing and defending directly employed public service jobs must be key priorities in any public sector pay talks.

The Labour Force Survey figures for 2025 by the CSO, released last month, highlight a worrying decline in hospitality employment, strongly contradicting some recent claims of a “booming” food sector. While Q1 2025 data suggested growth, driven largely by part-time...

SIPTU Services Division members have welcomed the beginning of construction on a new Tesco store in Cavan Town, following a sod-turning event in April to mark the start of the major development. The new 35,000 sq. ft. store represents a significant multi-million euro...

SIPTU launched ‘Broadcasting the Future’, a discussion document aimed at sparking debate on the renewal of public service broadcasting at a seminar in Liberty Hall on 29th April, addressed by media academics, politicians and workers. The document warns that Ireland is...

SIPTU members in areas impacted by the scheduled international football match against Israel on 4th October have begun a consultation process amid growing safety and moral concerns about the fixture.