by | Oct 31, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
Public service pay talks have adjourned tonight. Despite lengthy negotiations, we have reached an impasse. It does not appear possible, at this time, to negotiate an agreement that unions could confidently put to members in a ballot. We will reconvene with the...
by | Oct 30, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU members at the Kostal Ireland plant in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, will begin a campaign of industrial action, including work stoppages, on Monday, 16th November, in a dispute over redundancy terms and management’s refusal to engage meaningfully with their...
by | Oct 30, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
The Musicians’ Union of Ireland (MUI), a SIPTU affiliate, has welcomed guidance from Palestinian performing arts organisations calling on cultural unions to defend freedom of expression and take meaningful action in solidarity with Palestinian artists....
by | Oct 25, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
USIPTU members’ industrial action has brought the Government and trade unions to the table and pay negotiations are now underway in the Workplace Relations Commission. The talks are continuing in the WRC,. By the end of the week it should become clear whether this...
by | Oct 24, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home
Both SIPTU and the Musicians’ Union of Ireland (MUI) have expressed deep sadness at the passing of Dónal Lunny, one of the leading figures in Irish folk and traditional music. MUI President and folk singer Niamh Parsons said, “Dónal was a talented musician and...
by | Oct 14, 2026 | Latest News
Over 60,000 SIPTU members will take strike action today, manning up to 2,000 picket lines across the country alongside tens of thousands of their trade union colleagues in the public sector, in the largest mobilisation of workers in Ireland in a generation. Picketing...
