by | Jul 7, 2024 | General News, Latest News, The Sunday Read
Productivity is something we should all be worried about. In large part, productivity determines the living standards we all enjoy through wages for employees and through the taxes it generates which fund our public services. Ireland’s productivity is impressive,...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing
SIPTU has written to the management of the Stryker plant in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, highlighting to it a call by the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, for the company to ‘take seriously’ statutory agencies recommendations for it to engage in collective bargaining with its...
by | Jul 4, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community
SIPTU representatives have today published the results of a survey of educators and managers in Early Years services which indicates that low rates of pay for workers is the main driving force behind a worsening staffing crisis. Speaking at the launch of the SIPTU...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Latest News
SIPTU representatives have today called for an immediate Government intervention to protect the local economy in county Louth, following the announcement that Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) intends to close its plant in Drogheda in 2026 with the loss of...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest News, Public Administration and Community
Trade unions representing Prison Officers, Fire Fighters and the Defence Forces have expressed extreme concern with proposed pension changes which will come before the Dáil. SIPTU Organiser, Geoff McEvoy, said: “The Bill, in its current form, creates a real...
by | Jun 28, 2024 | Latest News, Services
SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have committed themselves to opposing any attempt to outsource the production of shows currently produced by the national broadcaster to the private sector. SIPTU Organiser, Martin Mannion, said: “At a meeting of the SIPTU RTÉ Committee...
