SIPTU members in community organisations in Waterford ballot for industrial action

by | Jun 16, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in several community organisations in county Waterford have begun a ballot for industrial action in a long running pay dispute which could result in a 24-hour work stoppage by workers providing vital services on Wednesday 6th July. SIPTU...

SIPTU members in care and community organisations ballot for strike action

by | Jun 16, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members in several care and community organisations, including the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) as well as numerous local social services in county Galway and county Waterford, have begun a ballot for strike action in a long running pay...

SIPTU suspends industrial action to facilitate WRC talks in Bausch and Lomb dispute

by | Jun 15, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed by Bausch and Lomb have suspended industrial action scheduled for this weekend at the company’s plant in Waterford to facilitate talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that will begin on Friday (17th June). SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU to hold meeting on union recognition for DePuy Synthes workers on Saturday

by | Jun 14, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU representatives will hold a meeting for workers employed by the medical devices manufacturer, DePuy Synthes, to discuss their fight for union recognition in the St Vincent’s GAA Club, Knocknaheeney, Cork, at 2.00 p.m. on...

SIPTU members to begin industrial action in Bausch and Lomb plant in Waterford

by | Jun 9, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

SIPTU members employed by Bausch and Lomb will begin a campaign of industrial action, in a pay dispute at the multinational company’s manufacturing plant in Waterford City, with a two-hour work stoppage commencing at 12.00 p.m. (noon) this Saturday...

Raise the Roof meeting hears that rents rose by 10% in the last year in Meath

by | Jun 2, 2022 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2022

A meeting of the housing campaign group, Raise the Roof, in the Dan Shaw Centre in Navan, yesterday (Wednesday, 1st June), heard that new research has found that asking rents for properties in county Meath have risen by 10% in the last...