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...

SIPTU condemns use of strike breakers at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare

by | Aug 26, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has condemned the use of agency staff by Uniphar Retail Services (URS) in an attempt to undermine industrial action at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. Workers at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy are conducting a one-day work...

SIPTU members protest outside Chief State Solicitor’s Office

by | Aug 26, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU members are staging a protest today (Monday, 26th August) outside the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Osmond House, Little Ship Street, Dublin 8, where they were until recently employed as security officers. The workers are...

Cavan-Monaghan TDs call on Minister to meet with community workers’ union

by | Aug 23, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

Cavan-Monaghan TDs Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin and Brendan Smith have signed a SIPTU petition calling on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to “respect community sector workers and meet their...

LRC intervenes in dispute between the Catholic Church and a former employee

by | Aug 23, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has welcomed the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in a dispute involving the Catholic Church and a former employee. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Adrian Kane, said: “The LRC informed SIPTU this afternoon (Friday, 23rd...

Catholic Church threatens injunction against former employee

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2013

SIPTU has condemned a threat by the Catholic Church to seek a legal injunction to prevent a protest by a former employee outside the Church of Mary Immaculate Queen in Bearna, Co. Galway, on Sunday, 25th August. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Adrian...