SIPTU to ballot members in Section 39 organisations on strike action

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

SIPTU members working in a range of Section 39 organisations, providing health and social care services, will be balloted next week for all-out strike action in a dispute concerning equal pay. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said:...

SIPTU members in ambulance service to conduct industrial action in Letterkenny

by | Nov 29, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service based in Letterkenny, county Donegal, will commence a campaign of industrial action on Saturday, 9th December, at 1.00 a.m. due to a management failure to implement a Rights Commissioner...

SIPTU members conducting 36-hour work stoppage at AbbVie plant in county Cork

by | Nov 23, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members are conducting a 36-hour work stoppage at the AbbVie pharmaceutical plant in Carrigtwohill, county Cork. The industrial action commenced yesterday (Wednesday, 22nd November) at 7.00 p.m. and will conclude tomorrow (Friday, 24th...

SIPTU members demand immediate action to build a fairer Europe for all

by | Nov 17, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU members and activists joined with trade unionists from across Europe in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Thursday (16th November) for an EU summit to discuss the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) demand for the enhancement of the social rights of...

SIPTU welcomes award of bus services in Waterford City to Bus Éireann

by | Nov 16, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU has welcomed the announcement by the National Transport Agency (NTA) that Bus Éireann has been awarded the contract to run services in Waterford City following a tendering process. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “Our members...

SIPTU to attend Labour Court to protect Pfizer DB pension scheme

by | Nov 15, 2017 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2017

SIPTU confirmed today that the union will attend a full hearing of the Labour Court this Friday (17th November) in order to defend the defined pension scheme of 350 union members. defined These workers are employed in the Ringaskiddy and Little Island plants in Cork....