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...

When facing an attempt by a regime to sportswash a genocide, workers have a right to act in accordance with their conscience and should not face disciplinary action.

SIPTU say an attack on a Dublin Bus driver and Union member highlights the pressing need for the Government to fulfil its commitment to establish a Transport Police Service

SIPTU has welcomed progress at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) today (Tuesday, 28th July) between the Union and St Joseph’s Centre, Shankill, concerning a pay dispute.

SIPTU members employed at Ireland’s largest dementia facility have agreed to defer Monday and Tuesday’s strike action following receipt of an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission

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.