by | Apr 27, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
The annual May Day March in Dublin on Monday (1st May) will highlight the opposition of trade unions and housing activists to a Government plan to sell off local authority land to private developers, which they condemn as an ineffective way to tackle the housing...
by | Apr 26, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
SIPTU members working in St Patrick's Mental Health Services, James’s Street, Dublin 8, have today (Wednesday, 26th April) voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike in a dispute resulting from a management decision to cease employer...
by | Apr 26, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
Community Sector workers from across County Galway will attend a meeting to discuss the rebuilding of the sector in the Clayton Hotel in Galway, tomorrow (Wednesday, 26th April) at 7.00 p.m. The event is the first in a series of regional meetings of the...
by | Apr 25, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
The inaugural MayFest, a celebration of workers’ culture, which includes plays, music events and photographic exhibitions, will take place in Liberty Hall, Dublin from 2nd May to 11th May. MayFest 2017 includes a children’s...
by | Apr 25, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, have suspended all industrial action at the plant in order to facilitate engagement at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) aimed at resolving the dispute at the company. SIPTU...
by | Apr 25, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017
Social activists will join trade unionists at the 2017 May Day March in Dublin which will focus on a call for Government action to solve the worsening housing crisis in Ireland. The march, that concludes at Liberty Hall, Dublin 1, will begin at the...