by | Jun 28, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU has called for the ending of a lower paid new entrants’ grade and the return of allowances for mental health nurses in order to end a crisis in staff recruitment and retention in the service SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said:...
by | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have voted by 92% to 8% to implement industrial action in a dispute related to their conditions of employment in a ballot counted this morning (Monday, 27th June) in Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. SIPTU Health...
by | Jun 24, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU Manufacturing Division Organiser, Gerry McCormack said: “Currently around 16% of goods manufactured in the Republic of Ireland are exported to the UK. This figure rises significantly in the agriculture, food and drink sectors.“We had...
by | Jun 24, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU General President, Jack O Connor, has stated that the victory of the Leave campaign in the British referendum on EU membership results from the implementation of austerity policies that have alienated working people across Europe. O’Connor...
by | Jun 22, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has said that the union strongly disagrees with the proposed distribution of available resources in Budget 2017 as outlined in the Government’s Summer Economic Statement as published yesterday (21st...
by | Jun 22, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU members in the Bord Na Mona (BNM) transport division have expressed outrage at the company’s plan to unilaterally impose pay cuts of at least 12% in the case of rail workers. The company has also announced that it is in the process of outsourcing its road...