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 working as Health Care Assistants in the HSE Home Support Service across counties Donegal, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry will engage in strike action during February.

SIPTU representatives will meet with management at Newbridge Silverware today to discuss its threat to make up to 11 workers redundant at its manufacturing plant in Newbridge, County Kildare.

SIPTU members employed by Caredoc have voted to accept a pay proposal in a ballot counted which brings to an end a pay dispute involving support staff employed by the out of hours GP service.

SIPTU members working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Services have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

SIPTU representatives will meet with the management of the KOSTAL manufacturing plant to minimise any compulsory redundancies arising from the company’s decision to move production overseas.

The SIPTU Policy Research Unit and SIPTU Construction Sector launched a new briefing document entitled Affordable Housing, Affordable Living at the Union’s Biennial Delegate Conference in November 2025. The briefing document analyses Budget 2026, which delivered over...

If you’re working in construction, there are clear, dated pay increases already set down for 2026 through the legally binding Sectoral Employment Orders (SEOs) that set the “union rate” across the industry. Construction (SEO – legally enforceable floor) Under the...

SIPTU has called on the Government to honour a commitment to present legislation to tackle the practice of paying apprentices less than the national minimum wage.

SIPTU has called on the Government to honour a commitment to present legislation to tackle the practice of paying apprentices less than the national minimum wage, in order to combat youth poverty and ensure there are enough skilled workers to carry out major state...

SIPTU has called on the Government to honour a commitment to present legalisation to tackle the practice of paying apprentices less than the national minimum wage, in order to combat youth poverty