by | Oct 29, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
A benefit concert by Christy Moore for the children of Gaza has raised €27,871.41 ($34,338.60). The concert held at Vicar Street in Dublin on Sunday 12th October featured musicians Declan Sinnott, Vickie Keating, Jimmy Higgins, Mick...
by | Oct 29, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, to commit to full pay restoration for lower and middle income health workers who have borne the brunt of cuts in order to maintain services to the public. SIPTU Health Division Organiser,...
by | Oct 28, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called an emergency meeting of the staff of language schools in response to growing uncertainty in the sector. The meeting, which is open to SIPTU members and non-members, will be held in Liberty Hall, Dublin, on Saturday, 1st...
by | Oct 25, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members at the All-Tex Recyclers plant in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, have welcomed the announcement by management that the plant will reopen on Monday (27th October) following its closure on Thursday (23rd October). The plant closed suddenly on Thursday...
by | Oct 24, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU members at the All-Tex Recyclers plant in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, have expressed shock at a management decision to sent its 140 staff home on Thursday (23rd October) with no notice. SIPTU Organiser, Niall McNally, said: “Our members...
by | Oct 24, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
At its monthly meeting today (Friday 24th October), the National Executive Council of SIPTU agreed the following statement on the issue of water charges. 1. The Government must take a step back and rethink its approach on the way it...