by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
South-East Technological University (SETU): Waterford and Carlow Campuses SIPTU representatives are engaging at the WRC conciliation service with officials from the Carlow Campus concerning the insourcing of work that has been previously outsourced. The Union is...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The SIPTU Public Administration and Community (PAC) Division Biennial Delegate Conference was held in Salthill, Galway during October. Both motions proposed by the Education Sector were passed unanimously. Keith Flynn (Ollscoil na Gailimhe) and Willie Bissett...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
Earlier this year, members of the Rehab/National Learning Network, a Section 39 Organisation, voted for industrial action in the long-running dispute related to a claim for parity of pay with workers fulfilling similar roles directly employed by the State. SIPTU...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
A Webinar was held by the Education Sector Committee earlier this year on the release of the Code of Practice on the Right to Request Flexible Working and the Right to Request Remote Working. The discussion of the Code of Practice was conducted by the ICTU Head of...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
SIPTU members in Kilkenny College and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland have recently voted to accept pay deals which will see significant rises in their earnings. In Kilkenny College, members voted to accept a Workplace Relations Commission proposal of a 10%...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | SIPTU Bulletin
The SIPTU Education Sector has a number of priorities it will be pursuing with the next Government, whatever its make-up. These are: – Close the €307 million per annum gap in core funding in the education sector and ensuring that government-controlled pay awards...