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 welcomed reports that a refusal by RTÉ staff to play any role in the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches involving Ireland and Israel means that if the games go ahead, any RTÉ broadcast of them is likely to have no commentary, no panel or studio analysis.

SIPTU Health members in 30 hospitals will take industrial action on 30th September as part of the Union’s campaign to force the Government to commence negotiations on a new public service pay agreement.

SIPTU members employed in the security industry have welcomed the announcement that a new Employment Regulation Order for the sector will come into force on 28th September, increasing hourly rates of pay.

SIPTU General Secretary John King has called on the Government to reject employers’ demands to reduce the increase in the National Minimum Wage.

SIPTU has called on the Government to fund public transport and prevent average adult fare increases of 15% from January 2027, warning they would worsen the cost-of-living crisis and impact pay negotiations.

SIPTU members in the public service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall, and count centres in Cork and Galway today.

SIPTU has called on the management of Trimfold Envelopes to reverse its decision not to participate in a Workplace Relations Commission conciliation process concerning redundancy terms.

The count of SIPTU members’ ballots on industrial action, up to and including strike action, in the public service will take place on Monday 31st August from 11.00 am in Liberty Hall, Connolly Hall and Galway.

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.