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...
by | Mar 3, 2024 | Private Sector, The Sunday Read
The priority for SIPTU Deputy General Secretary Greg Ennis is to build membership power in the workplace. SIPTU Deputy General Secretary for the Private Sector, Greg Ennis is a man on a mission. Taking over responsibility for members in private sector employments in...
by | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaigns, General News, The Sunday Read
It seemed straightforward. Back in 2018, the Government committed to linking state contributory pension payments to 34 per cent of average wages. At the time, pension payments were already close to that benchmark. However, in subsequent years pension payments were...
