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 calls on Amnesty to secure the jobs of laid off staff in Ireland 

SIPTU has called on the Board of Amnesty International Ireland to use every means at its disposal to work to secure the employment of its staff in Ireland who are due to be laid off next month.

Lockout Series – Revealed: the face of 1913 martyr

A plaque commemorating four “Lockout Martyrs” of 1913 can be found attached to a wall on the ground floor in Liberty Hall.

Credit Union sector’s financial position provides positive context for pay talks 

The latest update on the financial situation of the Credit Union sector issued by the Central Bank should provide a positive context to the enterprise level pay talks which will shortly be undertaken.

Amendment to contract cleaning ERO includes improvements to pay and conditions

An amendment to the Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the contract cleaning sector came into force on 1st June and includes a new minimum hourly pay rate of €13.30 for all workers over 20 years of age. The ERO not only sets minimum pay rates, the number of paid...

Our Union must renew to face the challenges of a rapidly changing world

Rather than technology freeing up service industry workers the spread of platform work, where workers’ lives are tied to the algorithms of digital apps, has only resulted in increased pressures and demands.

Welcome for new minimum rates of pay in the security industry 

Security industry workers have welcomed a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the sector that came into force on 1st July and increased minimum hourly rates of pay.

‘Our Union, Our Team’ FAI workers’ campaign to ramp up actions

Our Union, Our Team’, which demands respect for FAI workers, will increase its activities next month with the announcement of several high-profile supporters and a campaign of political pressure.

21% pay increase for craft workers employed in the motor industry

SIPTU has agreed a new three-year pay deal which secures a 21% increase in wages for craft workers employed across the motor industry sector.

Government’s planned funding model for RTÉ will lead to greater privatisation

SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have made clear that they do not agree with the Government’s plan, announced in late July, regarding the future funding of the national broadcaster.

FAI must respect its workers’ right to collective bargaining in line with EU policy 

SIPTU has called on the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to respect its workers’ right to collectively bargain on pay and conditions

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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