by | Feb 18, 2025 | Health, Latest News Home, Public Sector, SIPTU Bulletin
Unions representing staff in Section 39 community and voluntary organisations have been invited to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) with Government representatives on Monday 3rd March. This comes in the face of an ongoing SIPTU Health Division...
by | Feb 8, 2025 | Health, Intellectual Disability Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU has condemned the failure of publicly funded disability providers to increase pay, in line with National Minimum Wage (NMW) increases, for workers in disability services who carry out sleepover shifts. This failure is leaving frontline disability workers out of...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU, the Union of Health Care Assistants (HCA), has called on the incoming Government to expand and improve the public provision of nursing home and home care, following its release of the initial results of a survey of HCAs which highlights their concerns about low...
by | Nov 5, 2024 | Health, SIPTU Bulletin
On Wednesday, 2nd October, SIPTU Health Division representatives and the INMO addressed the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee regarding staffing levels in the HSE. SIPTU’s submission to the Committee focused on: Making the case for a safe staffing framework that would...
by | Oct 21, 2024 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members, along with those in colleague health unions, are conducting a campaign of opposition to the HSE’s Pay and Numbers Strategy with public protests across the country in recent weeks. Lunchtime protests have been held at more than ten major health...
by | Oct 9, 2024 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU will today escalate the campaign in opposition to the HSE’s Pay and Number Strategy with further protests this week, highlighting member concerns that the policy will have a detrimental impact on services. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Damian Ginley, said: “Our...
