by | Jun 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU representatives have welcomed the Government’s decision in April to increase the minimum rates of pay for work permit holders from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) declaring it an opportunity to increase pay for all low-paid workers in Ireland. SIPTU...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
By Neil McGowan, SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser Across the Manufacturing Division, we are all too familiar with the problems workers have organising and achieving collective bargaining in workplaces where the employer is hostile toward our Union. This...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU continues to win for its members with a large number of pay deals concluded in 2024 across the Manufacturing Division. Some of the notable deals are as follows: MSD Brinny Laboratory Analysts secured a three-year deal which provides for a basic pay rise of...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Ireland’s commitment to environmental sustainability is demonstrated by the Government pledge to achieve a 51% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions between 2021 and 2030, and to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050. Standard Brands, the manufacturer of...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | Latest News Home, Manufacturing, SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members employed by the medical equipment manufacturing company, STERIS, at its plant in Tullamore, County Offaly, have raised concerns with management and local politicians over a refusal to recognise their union for collectively bargaining their terms and...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Following a successful organising drive by SIPTU members employed by the Japanese multinational mechanical engineering company, THK, in Tallaght, Dublin, a 5% pay increase has been secured. The organising drive started with a meeting for SIPTU members and non-members...
