by | Dec 18, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU has warned that a dramatic increase in insurance costs is threatening the viability of services and jobs in the childcare sector and called for government action to ensure coverage can be maintained at affordable rates into 2020. SIPTU Big Start...
by | Dec 18, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
A SIPTU delegation met the Minister for Sport, Shane Ross, this evening (Wednesday, 18th December) in Government Buildings in Dublin, to discuss the future of the FAI and the protection of the livelihoods of union members employed by the...
by | Dec 16, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
The SIPTU Big Start Campaign has said that the ‘Early Years Sector Profile Report’ by the State funding agency POBAL, which was published today (Monday, 16th December), has revealed that low pay continues to plague the childcare...
by | Dec 13, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU members in the Canon Hygiene Division of Rentokil Initial Ltd. based in Santry in Dublin have served notice of a one-day work stoppage on Friday, 20th December. SIPTU Organiser, Peadar Nolan, said: “Our members will conduct their work...
by | Dec 9, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU representatives have stated that union members employed by the FAI were misled by management concerning the financial situation of the organisation which, it has emerged, is heavily in debt. SIPTU representatives have stated that union members...
by | Dec 9, 2019 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2019
SIPTU and Unite members employed by Virgin Media Ireland have overwhelmingly voted in favour of taking industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a ballot counted today (Monday, 9th December). SIPTU Organiser, Martin...