by | Mar 11, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU will continue its campaign for pay increases in profitable employments across the economy in order to improve living standards for members, grow the economy and create jobs, Jack O’Connor has said. Responding to a front page article entitled...
by | Mar 10, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has expressed disappointment at the decision to close Baileborough Community Training, Baileborough, Co. Cavan. On Friday, 7th March, staff at Baileborough Community Training were told that the centre would close on Wednesday, 30th...
by | Mar 7, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has requested an urgent meeting with the management of Bristol-Myers Squibb following an announcement this afternoon (Thursday, 6th March) that the pharmaceutical company is seeking 30 redundancies at its manufacturing plant in Swords, Co. Dublin....
by | Mar 7, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Dublin City Manager, Owen Keegan, to comply with an Emergency Motion passed by Dublin City Councillors on Monday, 3rd March, seeking the suspension of a Review of Dublin Ambulance Services. SIPTU Organiser, Brendan...
by | Mar 7, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
Delegates at the ICTU Women’s Conference have overwhelmingly backed an emergency motion calling for the immediate release of 79-year-old peace campaigner Margaretta D’Arcy on humanitarian grounds. The conference in Whites Hotel, Wexford, heard...
by | Mar 5, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The SIPTU Cuban Solidarity Forum has condemned the decision of the UK Government to refuse a visa for former political prisoner René González to attend an International Commission of Inquiry into the case of the Cuban Five to be held in London on...