SIPTU members employed as security workers with SDCC serve strike notice

by | Feb 12, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members employed as security officers by G4S Secure Solutions Limited on a contract to supply security services to South Dublin County Council have served strike notice on their employer in a dispute concerning transfer of undertakings regulations. The workers...

SIPTU seeks funds from Globalisation Fund for PWAI workers in Rathcoole

by | Feb 11, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members at aviation firm, PWAI International Ltd. (PWAI), in Rathcoole, county Dublin, are seeking funds from the European Globalisation Fund for the training and upskilling of workers who are due to lose their jobs when the plant closes...

SIPTU members at St Leo’s College in Carlow vote for industrial action

by | Feb 11, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members at St Leo’s College in county Carlow have voted in favour of industrial action after management refused to provide support staff with an adequate workplace pension. According to SIPTU organiser, Bill Mulcahy, the decision to take...

SIPTU members in NUI Galway ‘deeply disappointed’ with gender discrimination taskforce

by | Feb 10, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members at NUI Galway have expressed “deep disappointment” at the process to appoint a taskforce to investigate gender discrimination in the college. In a statement the SIPTU NUI Galway Academic Committee said: "This task force has been chosen...

SIPTU members criticise proposed NUI Galway taskforce into gender discrimination

by | Feb 10, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU members have strongly criticised the procedures surrounding the proposed establishment of a taskforce to investigate gender inequality at NUI Galway, following cases of discrimination at the institution that have been highlighted by the Equality Tribunal....

SIPTU supports Government measures to protect low paid and precarious workers

by | Feb 10, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has stated its support for measures being introduced by the Government to protect precarious workers from exploitation and ensure that the minimum wage is set at a fair level. The Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...