by | May 19, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
The SIPTU National Executive Council (NEC) has strongly condemned a recent attack on Janet Horner, a union activist and candidate for the North Inner-City Local Electoral Area in Dublin’s upcoming local council elections. SIPTU NEC and ICTU Working Group to...
by | May 12, 2024 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
When heckled on a street corner about how he knew so much about revolution, James Connolly did not hesitate to respond that: “My business is revolution!” This insight offers the thread by which to understand the nature, and essential continuity, of Connolly’s career,...
by | May 5, 2024 | The Sunday Read
In this week’s Sunday Read, we look back at the struggles that inspired The Red Flag, written by Jim Connell, a man who is honoured this weekend at the Red Flag Festival culminating in a ceremony in Crossakiel, county Meath later today. In 1918, Jim Connell, an...
by | Apr 21, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
Irish businesses are recording healthy profits. However, some employer groups are pressing the panic button and urging the Government to row back on increases in the minimum wage and paid sick pay. Why? In this edition of the SIPTU Sunday Read we examine the data. In...
by | Mar 17, 2024 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
It’s one of the nation’s busiest hospitals, leading the way in the treatment of brain trauma injuries and with thousands of patients being cared for by its inpatient and outpatient services. However, Beaumont Hospital in Dublin could not do any of this without the...
by | Mar 9, 2024 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
Delegates at the ICTU Women’s Conference 2024 have backed the trade union campaign for the ‘Right to Organise’ all workers for collective bargaining in their workplaces. Two motions endorsing the campaign were unanimously passed by over 150 delegates...
