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...

Union access, legal limits and IR convergence to the fore at the IRN Conference 

How is collective bargaining faring in Ireland? What does the State’s new Action Plan for promoting collective bargaining mean to practitioners? To read more about this click here.

SIPTU General Secretary warns cost-of-living crisis will impact wage negotiations 

SIPTU General Secretary, John King, has warned that the added cost-of-living increases, resulting from the crisis in the Middle East, will mean additional pressure for wage increases in negotiations.

Podcast: The Frontline of Truth and Democracy

In this episode of Unionise, SIPTU’s Adrian Kane and Dr Eileen Culloty join us to discuss why the future of RTÉ cannot be built on a foundation of downsizing and outsourcing.

Irish Equity celebrates Jessie Buckley’s historic Oscar awards win

Irish Equity, which represents performers and creative workers across Ireland, hailed Jessie Buckley’s historic Oscar win, which will act as an inspiration to a new generation of Irish performers.

Leading political, trade union, academic and other voices call for end to siege on Cuba

We are calling on the Irish government to urgently intervene with the EU and the US administrations to immediately lift the illegal blockade of Cuba.

SIPTU’s Kevin Figgis urges commitment to universal high-quality public services

SIPTU’s Health Divisional Organiser, Kevin Figgis, is urging the Government to commit to providing high-quality universal public services following the adoption of a resolution by the EPSU.

Healthcare unions express concern about AI policy 

The ICTU Group of Healthcare Unions has stated that any integration of AI into the health service must be done in consultation with the human backbone of the health service – its workers.

SIPTU calls for action on safe staffing following UHL site purchase announcement

SIPTU has given a cautious welcome to the statement by Minister for Health confirming the purchase of a site near University Hospital Limerick (UHL) to support the future provision of healthcare services

SIPTU welcomes decision to offer contracts to graduate paramedics

SIPTU representatives have welcomed a resolution of a dispute affecting 70 graduate paramedics who will now be offered permanent contracts in the National Ambulance Service.

SIPTU seeks urgent North Cork Creameries meeting on jobs threat

SIPTU representatives are seeking an urgent meeting with senior management at North Cork Creameries, following an announcement last week that the company is proposing to enter a redundancy process

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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