As part of Ireland’s first-ever Trade Union Week SIPTU Aviation Sector activists set up a stall in Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport and used it as an opportunity to talk to workers about the value of joining the Union.

SIPTU continues to win for its members with a large number of pay deals concluded in 2024 across the Aviation Sector

Motions passed by Conference delegates also committed the union to do “all we can to stop hate organising in our communities and workplaces”.

The event featured 8,500 athletes from over 70 countries in 60 different sports. 2,800 volunteers helped to run the games.

A well-attended SIPTU Aviation Sector Annual General Meeting 2024 took place on the 12th March in Portlaoise with constructive and meaningful discussions on a number of issues.

Aircoach is a company which engages in collective bargaining with its SIPTU members. It is a service which all SIPTU members can use secure in the knowledge that its staff have the opportunity to organise into our Union.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has recently recommended that the dual role of an employee and Shop Steward should be recognised and protected by the employer

SIPTU have welcomed the Government’s decision in April to increase the minimum rates of pay for work permit holders from outside the EEA declaring it an opportunity to increase pay for all low-paid workers in Ireland.

Across the Manufacturing Division, we are all too familiar with the problems workers have organising and achieving collective bargaining in workplaces where the employer is hostile toward our Union.

SIPTU continues to win for its members with a large number of pay deals concluded in 2024 across the Manufacturing Division.

Ireland’s commitment to environmental sustainability is demonstrated by the Government pledge to achieve a 51% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions between 2021 and 2030, and to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050.

Following a successful organising drive by SIPTU members employed by the Japanese multinational mechanical engineering company, THK, in Tallaght, Dublin, a 5% pay increase has been secured.

The most recent conciliation conference regarding workers with Long Covid took place at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in early May.

Ireland’s first ever Trade Union week took place on the week commencing 29th April. It saw thousands of trade unionists across the island taking part in events and activities.

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The lack of a clear and concrete workforce plan for the National Children’s Hospital is creating unnecessary confusion around the staffing of the facility.

A member should not attend their workplace due to being deemed to be a close contact with a confirmed case of measles.

Recent years have seen a major organising campaign by SIPTU for members in these organisations with large public meetings of up to 600 people around the country.

The theme of the conference was ‘Our Union, Our Future’ and the event marked the further integration of these members into the SIPTU Community Sector.

More than 80 delegates attended a successful Community Sector Annual General Meeting in Portlaoise to consider the next stages in the campaign by SIPTU members to achieve fair pay and respect for workers.

The SIPTU Community Sector is currently organising into the Union workers in Bohemian FC. The Sector is seeking to engage with other clubs on the value of union membership.

The Union has continued to pursue pay claims for members in Non-Governmental Organisations including a sizable pay improvement.

Union representatives returned to the WRC to discuss further pay adjustments following the 8% agreed for members in Section 39, 56 and 10 agencies.

Liberty Hall theatre was alive with debate and song for the Robert Tressell Festival.

Members of the Tara Mines Groups of Unions (GOU) voted to accept proposals, agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission, on the reopening of the mine.

On 18th September 2023 new rates of pay came into force for construction workers under the terms of the Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) for the industry. A further set of pay rises will come into force on 5th August 2024. The SEO establishes the minimum rate of pay...

The Tara Mines Group of Unions (GOU) will recommend acceptance of a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposal brokered in the early hours of Wednesday morning

Members of the SIPTU Construction Sector employed in University Hospital Galway and University Hospital Kerry have secured the €1000 Pandemic Recognition Payment. SIPTU Organiser, Patrick Thornton, said: “The payment followed negotiations between hospital management...

The need to organise more workers into our union was the defining issue at the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference

The previous experience of scaffolders will be taken into account when seeking the higher Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) award which is aimed at providing professional qualifications for the industry. SIPTU Organiser, Andrew McGuinness, said: “It is very...

A new two-year pay deal of up to 13% has been secured for SIPTU members employed by the timber products manufacturer Glennon Brothers based in Fermoy, county Cork. The deal also includes a new grading structure with a worker’s level of skills placed in three...

Members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant have secured a 24-month pay deal of an 8% basic pay rise backdated to 1st June 2023. The agreement also includes payment of €1,200 in vouchers and extra holidays. Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant is operated as a...

SIPTU has joined with the FSU, CWU, and Mandate to launch the Respect at Work campaign. Our union will show it is willing to meet young workers where they are at.