SIPTU activists call for protection of Community Sector in Budget

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU Community Sector activists handed in a pre-budget submission today, (Wednesday, 4th September) to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, calling for the protection of services provided by Local Development...

SIPTU expresses concern about emigration and numbers of unemployed women

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

The Live Register figures for August, which were published today (Wednesday, 4th September), show a seasonally adjusted monthly fall of 3,400 people signing on but also indicates increased difficulties for women seeking employment,...

Meath SIPTU activists meet with Fine Gael TDs to call for a fairer budget

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

Members of the SIPTU Meath District Committee met with local Fine Gael politicians last week, to ask them to consider the Irish Congress of Trade Union (ICTU) budget proposals that are aimed at reaching Ireland’s agreed deficit targets, spurring job...

SIPTU members protest outside Chief State Solicitor’s Office

by | Sep 2, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU members are staging a protest today (Monday, 2nd September) outside the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Osmond House, Little Ship Street, Dublin 8, where they were, until recently, employed as security officers....

Management of O’Rourke’s Pharmacy agrees to talks with SIPTU

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has welcomed the decision of the management of O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, to agree to attend proximity talks with union representatives at the Labour Relations Commission on Tuesday, 10th September. In...

SIPTU expresses ‘grave concern’ about theatre closure at Louth County Hospital

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has raised grave concern about the closure of an operation theatre in Louth County Hospital on alternative weeks from the start of September. The move may result in SIPTU members being transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, during the...