The long-running dispute concerning pay for Section 39 and other voluntary sector workers came under the spotlight in the last days of the election after an encounter between a SIPTU member and Taoiseach Simon Harris in Kanturk, County Cork on 22nd November. The...

The Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions confirmed unions will convene their national executive bodies to prepare for potential industrial action ballots.

Cuba has always stood with the world. Now the world, and all trade unionists, must stand with Cuba writes Eira Gallagher, Head of SIPTU College in this week’s Sunday Read.

Last month, SIPTU’s Health Division celebrated wins for its members with positive outcomes from three disputes across the country. 

SIPTU has criticised the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate for hospitality sector employers warning that the measure represents a costly subsidy with little benefit for workers or consumers.

Workers in the cleaning, security and catering sectors will rally in Dublin to demand better working conditions and full collective bargaining rights, as the EU plans to overhaul public procurement rules.

SIPTU has received confirmation that Castolin management that the company will implement a Labour Court Recommendation bringing to a successful conclusion a campaign of industrial action.

In today’s Sunday Read SIPTU has reiterated its demand that the Government and the FAI immediately withdraw from forthcoming football fixtures against Israel, warning that history will judge Ireland.

SIPTU has written to RTÉ calling on the station to refuse to broadcast scheduled football fixtures against Israel and has committed to supporting workers who refuse to work on them.

SIPTU General Secretary, John King said today the upcoming Irish Presidency of the Council of the Eu is an opportunity to support Irish workers’ legal right to collectively bargain

SIPTU has notified Castolin Eutectic Ireland of five further days of strike action as part of a dispute concerning the company’s failure to implement a Labour Court Recommendation on redundancy terms.