by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
SIPTU Home Helps held protests outside three hospitals on Thursday (15th January) to highlight the role they can play in solving the overcrowding crisis in our hospitals. The protests took place outside Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15,...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) welcomes the announcement by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, that the minimum wage will increase in 2015. The minimum wage has not risen since 2007 despite the mounting cost of living, such as in transport and rent. Other...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
An international economic conference held in Dublin on today (Monday, 19th January), heard that alternative decisions could have been taken by Government, which would have lessened the impact of the recession on working people, following the...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
Government Ministers and out-going Congress General Secretary, David Begg, have signaled support for renewed talks between the social partners. At a press conference in Dublin on Monday (19th January), Minister for Finance, Michael...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
The public disclosure by Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, that he is gay will bring confidence to workers still struggling against discrimination, according to the SIPTU LGBTQ members’ network. Leo Varadkar made the public announcement that...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2015
An international economic conference held in Dublin on today (Monday, 19th January), heard that alternative decisions could have been taken by Government, which would have lessened the impact of the recession on working people, following the...
