by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The National Transport Authority (NTA) intends to reduce the share of bus routes operated by the state-owned Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to between 60% to 70% nationally in a tendering process scheduled for late 2024. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Murphy, said: “The NTA...
by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU has called for a full investigation into how footage of an incident on 12th July, 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...
by | Jul 24, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Anti-social behaviour, abuse, intimidation and violence are all too common across the public transport network. Passengers and transport workers experience it on a day-to-day basis. SIPTU has long campaigned for the establishment of a dedicated policing service in...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction
SIPTU has strongly criticised the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, for failing, to date, to meet with Union representatives to discuss the threatened privatisation of Bord na Mona Recycling, which they say will be detrimental to...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Following a protracted pay dispute which began in 2022 and included a vote for industrial action, a long-term pay agreement was concluded for members in Zenith-Bantry Bay Terminals Ltd, County Cork. The pay agreement reached expires on the 31st September 2027. The...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
A significant pay increase and health policy coverage for all employees has been achieved by members employed in Edenderry Power Ltd following a vote to accept a Labour Court recommendation secured on these issues in March 2024. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone,...
