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 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.

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.