SIPTU welcomes key recommendations of Arts and Culture Taskforce report

by | Dec 10, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU members have welcomed the recommendations contained in the recently published Report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, ‘A Life Worth Living’, which can assist the sector to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. SIPTU...

STOP67 campaign welcomes removal of pension age increase in Social Welfare Bill

by | Dec 9, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

The STOP67 campaign has welcomed the removal of the pension age increase to 67 years on 1st January next in the Social Welfare Bill which will be debated in the Dáil today (9th December, 2020). The campaign, which helped to make the pension age...

SIPTU confirms new collective agreement for independent live action film and television crew

by | Dec 7, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU representatives have today (7th December) confirmed that proposals for a new collective agreement for live action film and television crew have been accepted in a ballot of union members. SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Karan O Loughlin,...

Strike action to proceed at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as last minute talks collapse after management fail to address workers’ pay equality

by | Dec 2, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

Members of all four staff trade unions, Unite, GMB, NIPSA and SIPTU, forced into picket lines from 6am tomorrow [Thursday, December 3rd] In a joint trade union side statement and ahead of the industrial action, workforce...

SIPTU supports decision to keep third level lectures online for rest of academic year

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU representatives have said that the decision to keep third level lectures online for the rest of the academic year provides certainty for staff and students. SIPTU Education Sector Organiser, Karl Byrne, said: “We welcome the certainty being...

SIPTU confirms first round of work stoppages in Section 39 organisations

by | Nov 26, 2020 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2020

SIPTU representatives have confirmed the start of a nation-wide campaign of industrial action by members in Section 39 organisations resulting from a dispute involving the failure of the HSE to honour an agreement to restore the pay of these workers. SIPTU Public...