by | Jul 22, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
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. The dispute follows management’s failure to...
by | Jul 21, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
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. SIPTU Sector Organiser Damian Ginley said: “SIPTU Shop Stewards were out...
by | Jul 21, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
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...
by | Jul 21, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
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. The recommendation, while acknowledging that Public Laboratory Scientists should...
by | Jul 21, 2026 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members overwhelmingly accepted Labour Court proposals on 17th July, resolving a six-year dispute over pay rates in the National Ambulance Service (NAS). 98% of members voted in favour of the Labour Court recommendation. In accepting the proposals, ambulance...
