SIPTU condemns Dublin Fire Brigade members being forced to use undermanned appliances

by | Oct 6, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have raised serious concerns about staffing levels in the service following the confirmation that several fire appliances were sent into operation today (Friday, 6th October) while undermanned. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU conference votes to back referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment

by | Oct 5, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU delegates voted overwhelmingly in support of a motion for their union to “support the call for a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment”, at its Biennial Delegate Conference in Cork today (Thursday, 5th October). Proposing the motion on...

SIPTU declares Iarnród Éireann the new frontline in the battle to protect public transport

by | Oct 5, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU TEAC Division Organiser, Greg Ennis, has declared that Iarnród Éireann is the “new frontline” in the battle to ensure the adequate funding of public transport in Ireland at the union’s Biennial Delegate Conference in...

SIPTU Conference backs call for transparent governance of Section 39 organisations

by | Oct 5, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU delegates attending the union’s Biennial Delegate Conference in Cork have today (Thursday, 5th October) unanimously backed a motion calling on the Government and Health Service Executive (HSE) to ensure Section 39 organisations adopt transparent...

SIPTU Conference told image of union transformed by women footballers’ victory

by | Oct 5, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

The image of SIPTU has been transformed for many young women by the success of its members in the Women’s National Football Team in securing better conditions, the union’s incoming SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Ethel Buckley, told...

SIPTU calls for Government to ensure recovery extends to Community Sector

by | Oct 4, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU representatives at the union’s Biennial Delegate Conference in Cork have today (Wednesday, 4th October) called on the Government to increase funding to Community and Not For Profit organisations in order to ensure workers in these sectors benefit...