Building a Better Workplace, One Union Member at a Time

Building a Better Workplace,
One Union Member at a Time

Join the Union - We've Got Your Back

Join the Union – We’ve Got Your Back

Unity in Labor, Strength in Numbers

Unity in Labor, Strength in Numbers

Join the Union, Secure Your Future

Join the Union, Secure Your Future

Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg

Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg

Your Rights, Your Voice - Join the Union

Your Rights, Your Voice – Join the Union

Empower Workers, Join the Movement

Empower Workers, Join the Movement

Stronger Together, United in the Union

Stronger Together, United in the Union

Stand Tall, Stand United - Unionise

Stand Tall, Stand United – Unionise

Fair Wages, Safe Workplaces - Join Us

Fair Wages, Safe Workplaces – Join Us

Unionise for Job Security and Dignity

Unionise for Job Security and Dignity

Workers Unite, Progress Ignite

Workers Unite, Progress Ignite

In Solidarity, We Thrive - Join the Union

In Solidarity, We Thrive – Join the Union

Unionise for Respect, Equality, and Fairness

Unionise for Respect, Equality, and Fairness

Join the Union: We Fight for Your Rights

Join the Union: We Fight for Your Rights

Together We Rise, Join the Union

Together We Rise, Join the Union

Elevate Your Workplace, Join the Union Today

Elevate Your Workplace, Join the Union Today

Strength, Solidarity, Success - Unionise Now

Strength, Solidarity, Success – Unionise Now

Your Job, Your Future - Protect Both, Join the Union

Your Job, Your Future – Protect Both, Join the Union

Union Power: Your Voice in the Workplace

Union Power: Your Voice in the Workplace

The Right to Organise

Collective bargaining and union organising are intrinsically linked. They are two sides of the same coin.

Our ‘Right to Organise’ framework of supports and protections which would include three main elements.

A ‘Right to Organise’ framework would make it safer for workers to unionise and would involve a radical overhaul of the Unfair Dismissals Act so that it is no longer cheap and easy to fire union activists.

It would provide statutory protections and facilities for union representatives to carry out their role.

It would provide access for full-time union organisers to workplaces so that we can ask workers to join the union.

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NEWS

SIPTU member’s encounter with Taoiseach brings the spotlight on carers’ pay

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...

SIPTU members discuss Israel match action amid mounting safety and moral concerns

SIPTU members in areas impacted by the scheduled international football match against Israel on 4th October have begun a consultation process amid growing safety and moral concerns about the fixture.

Exciting opportunity to work with Ireland’s Strongest Union

This is an exciting opportunity to work with Ireland’s largest trade union in an influential and rewarding civil society role. SIPTU is Ireland’s strongest trade union representing members, their families and communities in both jurisdictions in the public and private...

SIPTU healthcare workers to begin strike action over pay failure

SIPTU members of Blanchardstown and Inner-City Home Care will commence strike action tomorrow for failure by management to fully implement the 2023 Workplace Relations Commission Agreement.

Ambulance workers begin industrial action and prepare for 24-hour stoppage tomorrow

Around 2000 SIPTU ambulance members began industrial action today (11th May), when a work-to-rule came into effect. This will be followed by a 24-hour stoppage on Tuesday, the 12th May.

Strike action set at STERIS Tullamore in union recognition dispute

SIPTU members will conduct work stoppages commencing at 8.00am on Friday, 15th May, and concluding at 8.00am on Saturday, 16th May 2026.

Connolly’s Vision Lives On But Workers Still Wait for Justice

SIPTU General Secretary John King has delivered a major address to mark the 110th anniversary of the execution of James Connolly, trade union organiser, socialist thinker, and revolutionary leader.

SIPTU meets with TDs, Senators over ambulance dispute

Representatives from SIPTU met with TDs and Senators in Leinster House to seek their support for the upcoming strike action in the National Ambulance Service.

SIPTU’s Ethel Buckley welcomes ‘Good Jobs Bill’ at Belfast May Day Rally

SIPTU Deputy General Secretary, Ethel Buckley, has told thousands of workers gathered in Belfast that the finalisation of the “Good Jobs Bill” marks a new era for workers’ rights in Northern Ireland.

Every Brain Belongs: Neurodiversity, Your Rights, and the Role of Your Union

In this special Union Week blog Dan O’Neill, from SIPTU College shines a light on the role a Union can play in developing negotiated neurodiversity policies and why they are important for all workers.

SIPTU calls for cost-of-living measures to protect workers during energy crisis 

The National Executive Council (NEC) of SIPTU met today in Liberty Hall, Dublin, to discuss the current energy crisis and its impact on the cost-of-living.

Pillars of The Right To Organise

Unfair Dismissals Act

Radical overhaul of the Unfair Dismissals Act so that it is no longer cheap and easy to fire union activists

Statutory Protections

Statutory protections and facilities for union representatives to carry out their role

Access to Organise

Access for full-time union organisers to workplaces so that we can ask workers to join the union.

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