BNM Recycling workers serve strike notice for 2nd and 3rd April 

by | Mar 18, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU members employed by Bord na Móna (BNM) Recycling, the country’s last publicly owned domestic waste collection service, have today served notice of a two-day strike action which will stop the company’s domestic waste collection services on 2nd and 3rd April....

SIPTU seeks meeting with new Transport Minister on transport police commitment

by | Jan 15, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the inclusion in the Programme for Government of a commitment to establish a new transport police service with powers of arrest and under the control of the National Transport Authority, which is in line with the Union’s Travel Safe...

SIPTU says EPA report findings make sale of Bord na Mona Recycling untenable 

by | Dec 17, 2024 | Energy Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU has stated that the proposed sale by the State of Bord Na Mona Recycling is untenable in light of a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report which says Ireland will miss its mandatory EU recycling targets that apply from 2025 onwards. SIPTU Transport,...

Respect Transport Workers to present Travel Safe proposal in Leinster House

by | Nov 4, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU will host an information meeting for Oireachtas members and the media on the Union’s proposal for a new Public Transport Police Service contained in its recently published report Travel Safe.  SIPTU Transport, Energy, Aviation, and Construction Divisional...

SIPTU outlines proposal for new Transport Police pilot scheme for Dublin, Cork and Limerick

by | Oct 22, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU has launched a costed proposal for a new National Public Transport Police (NPTP) with an initial pilot scheme involving 125 officers based in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, at a press conference in Liberty Hall. SIPTU Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction...

‘Our Union, Our Team’ suspends actions to allow meeting with FAI

by | Sep 6, 2024 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU members employed in the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have suspended banner and leaflet drop actions that are part of the ‘Our Union, Our Team’ campaign after management agreed to a meeting to discuss their outstanding issues on Wednesday, 11th...