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Unity in Labor, Strength in Numbers

Unity in Labor, Strength in Numbers

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Join the Union, Secure Your Future

Join the Union, Secure Your Future

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Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg

Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg

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Your Rights, Your Voice - Join the Union

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Empower Workers, Join the Movement

Empower Workers, Join the Movement

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Stronger Together, United in the Union

Stronger Together, United in the Union

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Stand Tall, Stand United - Unionise

Stand Tall, Stand United – Unionise

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Fair Wages, Safe Workplaces - Join Us

Fair Wages, Safe Workplaces – Join Us

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Unionise for Job Security and Dignity

Unionise for Job Security and Dignity

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Workers Unite, Progress Ignite

Workers Unite, Progress Ignite

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In Solidarity, We Thrive - Join the Union

In Solidarity, We Thrive – Join the Union

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Unionise for Respect, Equality, and Fairness

Unionise for Respect, Equality, and Fairness

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Join the Union: We Fight for Your Rights

Join the Union: We Fight for Your Rights

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Together We Rise, Join the Union

Together We Rise, Join the Union

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Elevate Your Workplace, Join the Union Today

Elevate Your Workplace, Join the Union Today

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Strength, Solidarity, Success - Unionise Now

Strength, Solidarity, Success – Unionise Now

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Your Job, Your Future - Protect Both, Join the Union

Your Job, Your Future – Protect Both, Join the Union

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Union Power: Your Voice in the Workplace

Union Power: Your Voice in the Workplace

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The Right to Organise

Collective bargaining and union organising are intrinsically linked. They are two sides of the same coin.

Our ‘Right to Organise’ framework of supports and protections which would include three main elements.

A ‘Right to Organise’ framework would make it safer for workers to unionise and would involve a radical overhaul of the Unfair Dismissals Act so that it is no longer cheap and easy to fire union activists.

It would provide statutory protections and facilities for union representatives to carry out their role.

It would provide access for full-time union organisers to workplaces so that we can ask workers to join the union.

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SIPTU member’s encounter with Taoiseach brings the spotlight on carers’ pay

by | November 27, 2024 | Latest News Home | 0 Comments

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...
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SIPTU ambulance members vote for industrial action

by | April 8, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home | 0 Comments

Around 2000 SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service across the country voted overwhelmingly for industrial action, up to and including strike action.
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Countdown to SIPTU Trade Union Week 

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

The Health Division is calling on all Shop Stewards and activists to get involved in the 2026 Better in a Trade Union week, which runs from Monday, 27th April to Monday, 4th May. We are all proud to be members of the trade union movement and this initiative gives us a...
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Paramedic graduates win deal securing permanent contracts

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

SIPTU representatives last month welcomed a resolution of a dispute affecting 70 graduate paramedics who will be offered permanent contracts in the National Ambulance Service (NAS). This dispute was concluded following engagement between unions and HSE management on...
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Pay increase for Valentia Community Hospital members

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

SIPTU members in Valentia Community Hospital received an 8.25% pay increase from 1st February, following negotiations between SIPTU representatives and the Hospital’s Board of Management.   Members in the hospital were previously classified as Section 39 workers,...
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Learn with SIPTU: Training day for ID Care members

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

Members from the Intellectual Disability (ID) Sector gathered for a dynamic training day in Tullamore on 26th February. The day aimed to assist our members in mapping out workplaces to assist in increasing density and union membership in their areas and improving...
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Support Sector secures date with WRC over Job Evaluation Scheme

by | April 7, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

The Support Sector Committee has secured a date later this month with the Workplace Relations Committee to re-engage on its outstanding concerns regarding the Job Evaluation Scheme.

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Divisional Head Kevin Figgis’s Monthly Update 

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

Last month, we held our 2026 AGMs across our six sectors, which are representative of our 42,000 members in health. The message we have received is very clear. Our members are demanding a strong successor Public Service Agreement that ultimately delivers real pay...
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‘Risk, extreme pressure and trauma’ nursing home workers’ pandemic experiences 

by | April 7, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin | 0 Comments

A submission to the government-appointed independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic was presented by Divisional Head Kevin Figgis at the Care Sector Annual General Meeting (AGM) last month. SIPTU's submission examined nursing home workers' experiences...
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Our Union was central to the Easter Rising

by | April 5, 2026 | History, Latest News | 0 Comments

By the Spring of 1916, Liberty Hall had become a bastion of opposition to British rule. The banner on the building since late 1914 stated that; ‘We Serve Neither King Not Kaiser But Ireland’.

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SIPTU focuses on job security at North Cork Creameries following Carbery Group agreement

by | April 5, 2026 | Press Releases | 0 Comments

SIPTU representatives at North Cork Creameries have confirmed that their primary focus is ensuring job security and employment continuity following an announcement yesterday (2nd April 2026) that the Co-Op has reached a commercial agreement with the Carbery Group to...
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Pillars of The Right To Organise

Unfair Dismissals Act

Radical overhaul of the Unfair Dismissals Act so that it is no longer cheap and easy to fire union activists

Statutory Protections

Statutory protections and facilities for union representatives to carry out their role

Access to Organise

Access for full-time union organisers to workplaces so that we can ask workers to join the union.

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