Public service unions to prepare ballots as pay talks process stalls

by | Jul 5, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) confirmed that its 19 affiliated unions will convene their national executive bodies to prepare for potential industrial action ballots, following the failure to establish a basis for...

Standing with Cuba – Why Solidarity Matters Now More Than Ever

by | Jul 5, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read

Last October, I travelled to Cuba and saw first-hand what decades of illegal, unjust economic blockade have done to a proud and resilient people.   Hospitals without basic medical supplies. Families living through 20-hour daily power outages. Children, 12,000 of them,...

9% cut to VAT rate for hospitality businesses fails workers

by | Jul 1, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Services

SIPTU representatives have criticised the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate for employers in the hospitality sector, warning that the measure represents a costly subsidy to business with no guaranteed benefit for workers or consumers. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Áine...

Workers to call for collective bargaining rights on first day of EU Presidency

by | Jun 30, 2026 | General News, Latest News

Workers in the cleaning, security and catering sectors will rally in Dublin on Wednesday, 1st July, to demand better working conditions, decent wages and full collective bargaining rights, as the EU plans to overhaul public procurement rules. In Dublin, SIPTU and UNI...

Castolin workers win dispute on redundancy terms

by | Jun 29, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has received confirmation from management in Castolin Eutectic Ireland, Citywest, Dublin 24, that the company will implement a Labour Court Recommendation on redundancy terms, bringing to a successful conclusion a campaign of industrial action by our members....

SIPTU calls on RTÉ to boycott Israel fixtures as union members will not cooperate with sportswashing

by | Jun 24, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has written to RTÉ calling on the station to refuse to broadcast scheduled football fixtures against Israel and has committed to supporting workers who refuse to work on them.  In the letter to RTÉ, SIPTU Services Divisional Organiser, Adrian Kane, said: “The...