by | Aug 15, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
Claims of worker victimisation on a state-funded construction project on the North Quays in Waterford City highlights the need for Government action on a new EU Directive which necessitates effective legal protections for trade union activists, according to SIPTU...
by | Aug 8, 2024 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU members working in Aer Lingus (IAG) Cargo in Shannon Airport were left shocked and saddened by a sudden announcement yesterday (Wednesday 7th August) that the cargo operation is set to close. SIPTU Industrial Organiser, Andrew Clune said: “Our members...
by | Jul 31, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU called for investment in Bord Na Móna Recycling to ensure the creation of a sustainable semi-state waste disposal service at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action on 9th July in Leinster House, Dublin. Addressing the Committee, SIPTU...
by | Jul 15, 2024 | Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU has called for a full investigation into how footage of an incident last Friday where a female bus driver and member of the Union was shot with an airgun while working in the Limerick area has managed to be widely distributed on social media. SIPTU Transport,...
by | Jul 13, 2024 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU representatives have called for urgent action on measures to combat anti-social behaviour on our public transport network following the shooting with an airgun of a female Bus Éireann driver and SIPTU member in her cab in Limerick earlier on Friday. SIPTU...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Latest News, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU representatives have welcomed the partial success of its Tara Mines campaign in the form of new legislation which was passed in the Dáil this week which links Jobseeker’s Benefit to a worker’s previous earnings, paying them 60% of their previous gross weekly...