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SIPTU members have welcomed the announcement of a €45 million investment to improve the pay of Early Years Educators in 2026 by Minister for Children, Norma Foley.

SIPTU has called on the Government to ensure that all workers in low paid industries benefit from a new floor on annual salaries for holders of non-EEA employment permits

SIPTU has today condemned the Government’s newly published Family Reunification policy, calling it a direct attack on workers’ rights and the dignity of essential workers.

SIPTU and INMO members employed at Caredoc facilities have announced their intention to commence strike action effective from December 18th.

SIPTU members employed at Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore, County Offaly, will undertake two additional 12-hour work stoppages on Friday (21st November) and Saturday (22nd November).

We will continue our campaign to conclude the unfinished business of Connolly and Larkin, as right was, is and will always be on our side and the side of all working people.

SIPTU General Secretary Elect, John King, has called for “a renewal of trade union activism” and urged Union’s members to recapture the hearts and minds of working people

SIPTU has called the publication of the Government’s National Action Plan on Collective Bargaining a “potential game-changer” provided that it is implemented fully and robustly.

SIPTU has released findings from a new snapshot survey of transport workers which reports an increase in incidents of antisocial and abusive behaviour across the public transport network.

SIPTU has rejected FAI managements proposals to make 60 staff redundant, describing the plan as ill-informed and a devastating blow to grassroots football across the country.

Community organisations and workers have announced a major public meeting to discuss the threat to vital services across the county, under the banner Together, We Are Community.

SIPTU members employed by the FAI will not engage with a management forum due to a failure to respect their right to trade union representation.

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the announcement of the implementation date of the pay agreement benefiting over 30,000 Early Years professionals. Read more here.

SIPTU has called on the Government to make a transformational change to the Early Years sector and introduce free secondary education for all.

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary Greg Ennis, whose Union represents almost 90,000 workers has said that a proposed increase to the minimum wage is “another slap in the face to low paid workers”.

This stance must now be matched by others. In particular our Government, which should lead a ‘coalition of the wililng’ in pushing for the EU to severe all economic, cultural and sporting links with Israel.

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service are to ballot for industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute concerning attempts to outsource inter-hospital transfers.

SIPTU has written to three Government Ministers calling for their urgent intervention to ensure the reappointment under warranty of a Labour Court Deputy Chairman.

SIPTU representatives have called out the Government for ‘bottling’ the challenge to improve Ireland’s economic productivity in its new Competitiveness Action Plan

SIPTU has expressed outrage at the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) over threatened redundancies at the sporting body, which have been announced without consultation with staff.

SIPTU members working at Clare County Council will begin industrial action from Monday, August 25th, over management’s failure to comply with agreed national dispute resolution procedures.

SIPTU members in the FAI have raised serious concerns over threats to the game at grassroots level ahead of a meeting of the FAI Board next week.

SIPTU representatives have called the targeted killing of five journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza overnight an attack on all media and the very basis of international law.

The privatisation of our domestic waste collection services has been a resounding failure. SIPTU has renewed its call for the radical reform of domestic waste collection services

SIPTU representatives have written to Stryker, expressing grave health and safety concerns after another fire at the company’s facilities which are the centre of an ongoing union recognition struggle.

A SIPTU member has been awarded €18,000 by the Labour Court in relation to a claim he instigated following his forced retirement at 65 years of age.

SIPTU representatives have called for clarity on the details of the EU/US trade deal announced and immediate action from the State that will prioritise protecting jobs in the sectors that are worst impacted.

Trade Union leader Mick Lynch will highlight the use of famine and hunger as a weapon of genocide in Gaza, and historically in Ireland, at the Cork Council of Trade Unions Palestinian Solidarity Rally.

SIPTU representatives are engaged in negotiations with the management of brush and houseware manufacturing firm IS Varian concerning the threat of redundancies at its plant in Walkinstown

SIPTU members employed in the landmark City Hotel Derry have suspended planned protest action following agreement by the company to engage with their Union representatives.

SIPTU members employed in the security industry have welcomed a new Employment Regulation Order that will come into force on 22nd July which will increase minimum hourly rates of pay.

The petition calls on the Minister to protect funding for artists and arts workers following a series of unresolved issues within the Arts Council, which have left the sector in a state of uncertainty.

SIPTU and the Federation of Early Childhood Providers have jointly called on early childhood care and education employees and employers to support pay proposals which emerged from negotiations at the JLC for the sector.

SIPTU representatives have agreed to call off a scheduled one-day strike at Bord na Móna Recycling following the securing of a significantly improved offer for workers at talks with the company.

SIPTU members employed at the Eli Lilly plant have secured a Labour Court recommendation stating that their employer should allow them the right to individual and collective representation by their trade union in workplace disputes.

Irish Equity has called on TDs to support a motion which seeks to link the provision of tax breaks to film and TV production companies with an obligation that they respect artists’ rights.

Tara Mines Group of Unions has written to management requesting an urgent meeting to discuss its failure to commence work on the Tara Deep project.

SIPTU members at AbbVie in Carrigtwohill, Cork, are urging the Irish government to legislate for collective bargaining rights, citing their long struggle for union recognition.

The Tara Mines Group of Unions has called on the Government to take over the running of part or all of Tara Mines if its current owners fail to invest in the development of a major new ore body.

An online public survey concerning bus, train and tram users experience of anti-social behaviour on the public transport network was launched on May Day by the Respect Transport Workers campaign

SIPTU members employed in Section 39, 40, 56 and 10 organisations have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Workplace Relations Commission pay proposals in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall today.

SIPTU has called on the Government to honour its commitments to increase statutory sick pay entitlements and introduce a living wage, highlighting the overwhelming Red C poll support.

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the public support of Dublin Bus management, for the establishment of a dedicated transport police service.

SIPTU has condemned the failure of the Government to honour its commitment on increasing the number of days of entitlement to Statutory Occupational Sick Pay from five to seven.

SIPTU urges the Government to swiftly address any impact of US tariffs. The union also calls for consideration of shortened working week schemes to protect workers and businesses from any potential fallout.

To mark World Autism Day, we took a look at how our Union can ensure that workplaces are more inclusive and supportive of neurodivergent workers.

SIPTU has called on the Government to immediately establish a taskforce to plan for the State’s response to the trade tariffs which have been threatened by the US President Donald Trump.

SIPTU members at Bord na Móna Recycling, have deferred strike action scheduled to begin on 2nd April to allow for talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.

The Cork Council of Trade Unions presented a bowl of shamrock to the Palestinian community at an...

The Water Services Group of Unions has written to the Minister James Browne, requesting an urgent meeting in relation to the long-standing Government commitment to hold a water referendum.

Funding for arts sector projects must be protected during the review of the operation of the Arts Council following the revelations concerning spending on an unsuccessful IT transformation scheme.

SIPTU members employed in Bord na Móna Recycling will commence a ballot for strike action in response to the threat to their terms and conditions.

SIPTU has demanded a halt to the sale of Bord na Móna Recycling and an investigation into the attempt to privatise part of a profitable public company.

An economy which works for workers rather than billionaires must be built in Ireland, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Greg Ennis, told delegates attending the Union’s Services Division Conference

Trade unions must work with left-wing parties to ensure that the electorate has a credible alternative to the ‘most conservative Government in living memory’

SIPTU – The Early Years Union has called on the management of Kent Playgroup Ltd to rethink a decision to end an Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme at its facility in Stoneybatter.