by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
On the occasion of Equal Pay Day,(28th February 2013) the National Women’s Council of Ireland and SIPTU are calling on the government to urgently tackle the gender pay gap and protect collective bargaining and wage setting mechanisms in low paid sectors....
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) has referred the ten day long strike at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, to the Labour Court under Section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1969. The referral means that the Labour Court will...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU President Jack O’Connor has said that public servants would be better served by one centralised agreement with the Government on pay and conditions. Responding to media reports of so-called ‘sweeteners’ being on offer to members of some unions...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
To commemorate the founding of the Irish Women Workers’ Union more than 100 years ago and its role in the 1913 Lockout, a ceramic plaque will be unveiled by feminist and historian Margaret Mac Curtain and the union’s last serving General Secretary...
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Ireland needs to retrofit 150,000 houses a year for a decade if it is to meet its sustainable energy targets, Professor Brendan Halligan, Chairman, Institute of International and European Affairs and of the Sustainable Energy Authority,...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU members rallied outside the Dáil on Thursday, 21st March, to protest against EU policies which promote the privatisation of water resources. The rally was part of a EU wide campaign by the European Federation of Public Service Unions,...
