by | Aug 29, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
An amendment to the Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the contract cleaning sector came into force on 1st June and includes a new minimum hourly pay rate of €13.30 for all workers over 20 years of age. The ERO not only sets minimum pay rates, the number of paid...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Security industry workers have welcomed a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the sector that came into force on 1st July and increased minimum hourly rates of pay. SIPTU Security Sector Organiser, Ed Kenny, said: “This new ERO saw the basic hourly rate of pay...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has agreed a new three-year pay deal with the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), the national trade association for the motor industry, which secures a 21% increase in wages for craft workers employed across the sector over the next three years. SIPTU...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have made clear that they do not agree with the Government’s plan, announced in late July, regarding the future funding of the national broadcaster. SIPTU Services Divisional Organiser, Teresa Hannick, said: “We believe there has been a...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Ireland is unique within the EU in having an entirely free-market approach to the collection of domestic waste. This model is not sustainable. It is, in summary, bad for the environment, bad for citizens and bad for workers. Ireland must reform its domestic waste...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Bord na Móna is conducting a strategic review of the operation of Bord na Móna Recycling. This is code for its intent to sell it to the highest bidder. SIPTU is campaigning to prevent the privatisation of Bord na Móna Recycling. SIPTU wrote to Minister Eamon Ryan at...
