by | Oct 12, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU economist, Michael Taft, has criticised government plans to achieve a balanced budget by 2024 as ‘premature, unnecessary and potentially damaging’ to the economy. “This plan, revealed in Budget 2022, to rush to a...
by | Oct 12, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU has welcomed an increase of €69 million in investment targeted at improving the conditions of workers in the childcare and Early Years education sector announced, today (Tuesday 12th October), by the Government as part of Budget 2022. SIPTU is...
by | Oct 8, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU General Secretary, Joe Cunningham, has said that the report of the Pensions Commission has vindicated the union’s campaign against the increase in the state pension age to 67 years from 1st January, 2021. However, he said that if...
by | Oct 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
Research into the low pay crisis in Ireland has revealed that one out of every five, or approximately 370,000, employees are earning less than €12.00 an hour. The report entitled ‘Low Pay Republic’, and compiled by SIPTU...
by | Oct 5, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU representatives will tell the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, today (Tuesday, 5th October) that the pay crisis for childcare professionals, if not adequately addressed in...
by | Oct 1, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021
SIPTU members are outraged at the prospect that the historic sites operated by Shannon Heritage may close on 1st January 2022, as was implied at an internal webinar for employees yesterday (Thursday, 30th September). SIPTU members have campaigned since...