IWA strike to go ahead tomorrow following Government failure to engage with unions

by | Jul 4, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) will conduct a 24-hour work stoppage tomorrow (Tuesday, 5th July) following the refusal of the Government to discuss with their union their need for a pay rise for the first time in 14 years. SIPTU Public...

SIPTU members at Dublin airport given assurances over deployment of Defence Forces

by | Jul 3, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives and shop stewards met with daa management on Friday, 1st July, to discuss the implications for union members following the request from transport minister, Eamon Ryan, for the Defence Forces to be put on standby at the...

Community Sector workers in seven more counties vote to join pay dispute strike action

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed in selected community schemes in seven additional counties have voted to join their colleagues in the Irish Wheelchair Association and numerous organisations in county Galway and county Waterford in a one-day work stoppage next week as part of a...

ICTU Film and Television Construction Group of Unions accept new National Construction Agreement

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The ICTU Film Construction Group of Unions (FCGU) has welcomed the introduction today (Friday, 1st July) of a new National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Irish film and Television industry. Members of the unions involved, SIPTU, BATU,...

SIPTU supports law to ensure monies paid as service charges go to workers

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

The SIPTU Hospitality Sector Committee has welcomed changes to the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022, which will ban the display of service charges on bills unless the payment is going directly to staff, which were passed in the...

Galway Rape Crisis Centre workers to strike on Wednesday to highlight failure on pay

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in the Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) are conducting a 24-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 6th July, to demand a first pay rise in 14 years and the restoration of pay which was removed from them during the economic crisis. SIPTU...