Tara Mines members accept proposals on mine reopening 

Tara Mines members accept proposals on mine reopening 

by | May 13, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin

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 in a ballot counted on 3rd May in the SIPTU Dan Shaw Centre in Navan, county Meath. SIPTU Organiser, Andrew...
Pay and growth top of the agenda

Pay and growth top of the agenda

by | May 13, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin

Newly appointed SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil McGowan, has highlighted pay increases and utilising the EU Directive which calls for an expansion of collective bargaining to organise in new workplaces as his top priorities. Neil takes over the role of...
My business is – revolution 

My business is – revolution 

by | May 12, 2024 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read

When heckled on a street corner about how he knew so much about revolution, James Connolly did not hesitate to respond that: “My business is revolution!” This insight offers the thread by which to understand the nature, and essential continuity, of Connolly’s career,...
Jim Connell and The Red Flag

Jim Connell and The Red Flag

by | May 5, 2024 | The Sunday Read

In this week’s Sunday Read, we look back at the struggles that inspired The Red Flag, written by Jim Connell, a man who is honoured this weekend at the Red Flag Festival culminating in a ceremony in Crossakiel, county Meath later today.  In 1918, Jim Connell, an...