News Archive

SIPTU representatives have written, today (Monday, 22nd May), to the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, calling on him to begin a process of dialogue on the future of public transport in Ireland to which he committed during the recent...

SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor, has described the decision by the Government to sell a 25% stake of its holding in AIB as absolutely indefensible, undemocratic and in direct contravention of a resolution of the Oireachtas. He said that the...

The SIPTU Construction Sector Committee has expressed its support for an agreement between the union and the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) which has secured payment for two hours ‘greasing time’ per day for crane drivers from Monday, 5th...

Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions members, employed in the company’s peat briquette production facility in Littleton, County Tipperary, gave their representatives a mandate to negotiate with management on the future of the plant at a...

On Monday, 15th May, Congress and SIPTU will jointly launch a major new initiative on the current housing and homeless emergency. The document will be launched by Congress General Secretary, Patricia King and SIPTU General President, Jack...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann have voted by 53.4% to 46.6% to accept a Labour Court which aims to resolve the issues which caused the long running dispute at the public transport company, in a ballot counted today (Friday, 12th May) in Liberty...

A delegation from the SIPTU Big Start Campaign will meet with Galway County Councillors to inform them about the growing crisis within the Early Years education sector, in the Malt House, Mountbellew, County Galway, on Monday, 22nd...

Representatives of the Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions met with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten, today (Wednesday, 10th May) to discuss the threat by the company to close its peat...

South Dublin County Council (SDCC) voted unanimously in favour of a motion supporting the call by the SIPTU Big Start Campaign for increased investment and recognition for workers in the Early Years sector at its meeting in County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin...

Several politicians called for increased investment in the Early Years sector at a meeting of the SIPTU Big Start Campaign in St. Peters Parish Centre, Bray, County Wicklow, on Monday (8th May). Among the politicians to voice his support for...

Representatives of the Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions met with management today (Monday, 8th May) and informed it that they will not engage with the company until it has removed a threat to close its peat briquette plant in Littleton, County...

Members of the SIPTU Big Start Campaign will meet with TDs and County Councillors to discuss the crisis in the Early Years sector at a meeting in the St. Peters Parish Centre in Bray, County Wicklow, today (Monday, 8th May) at 7.00 p.m. The SIPTU Big...

The Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions has called an extraordinary meeting of shop stewards and officials to discuss the announcement by the company, yesterday (Thursday, 7th May), that it intends to close its peat briquette plant in...

SIPTU and NUJ members employed by the ASTI trade union have voted unanimously in favour of taking industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a ballot counted today (Friday, 5th May). SIPTU Organiser, Peadar Nolan, said:...

Early Years educators, who are members of the SIPTU Big Start campaign, will attend a meeting of South Dublin County Council on Monday (8th May) which will vote on a motion calling on the government to properly recognise and resource their sector. Prior to...

The Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions has stated that it does not accept the decision by the company to close its peat briquette plant in Littleton, County Tipperary, which was announced this afternoon (Thursday, 4th May). BNM Group of Unions...

The acclaimed historic drama, ‘Sons of Molly Maguire’, which is based on the story of Irish immigrants who attempted to resist exploitation in the coalfields of 1860s Pennsylvania, will make its Irish premier run in Liberty Hall...

SIPTU members in St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services, James’s Street, Dublin 8, have served notice of industrial action, up to and including strike action, to commence on Wednesday, 24th May, in a dispute...

SIPTU Health representatives have stated their support for the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016 which was before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, today (Wednesday, 3rd May). SIPTU Health Division...

SIPTU members in Cork County Council have served notice of industrial action to commence at 8.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 17th May, in a dispute resulting from the refusal of management to recruit more staff to adequately deliver statutory services. SIPTU...

Homelessness campaigner, Fr Peter McVerry, will call for an effective public home building programme at the May Day march and rally in Dublin, which begins at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, tomorrow...

SIPTU has highlighted the findings of a new report on non-profit companies indicating that those employed in them, on average, have lower wages than staff elsewhere in the economy, as underlining the need for pay restoration for workers in that...

SIPTU members in the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), excluding Airport Police and Fire Service, have voted against the acceptance of Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals contained in the Company/Union Framework document in relation to terms and...

SIPTU members in Irish Rail and those employed as school bus drivers by Bus Éireann have voted in favour of taking industrial action in support of their colleagues in Bus Éireann in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall, Dublin 1, today...

The annual May Day March in Dublin on Monday (1st May) will highlight the opposition of trade unions and housing activists to a Government plan to sell off local authority land to private developers, which they condemn as an ineffective way to tackle the housing...

SIPTU members working in St Patrick's Mental Health Services, James’s Street, Dublin 8, have today (Wednesday, 26th April) voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike in a dispute resulting from a management decision to cease employer...

Community Sector workers from across County Galway will attend a meeting to discuss the rebuilding of the sector in the Clayton Hotel in Galway, tomorrow (Wednesday, 26th April) at 7.00 p.m. The event is the first in a series of regional meetings of the...

SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, have suspended all industrial action at the plant in order to facilitate engagement at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) aimed at resolving the dispute at the company. SIPTU...

Social activists will join trade unionists at the 2017 May Day March in Dublin which will focus on a call for Government action to solve the worsening housing crisis in Ireland. The march, that concludes at Liberty Hall, Dublin 1, will begin at the...

The inaugural MayFest, a celebration of workers’ culture, which includes plays, music events and photographic exhibitions, will take place in Liberty Hall, Dublin from 2nd May to 11th May. MayFest 2017 includes a children’s...

SIPTU representatives have requested a meeting with the Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources, Sean Kyne, concerning the long-term future of the New Boliden Tara Mines in County Meath. SIPTU Organiser, John Regan, said:...

SIPTU representatives have agreed to attend a conciliation meeting at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) regarding the dispute at Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, which concerns collective bargaining rights at the power...

SIPTU members in St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, James’s Street, Dublin 8, have commenced a ballot for industrial action in a dispute resulting from a management decision to cease employer contributions to the staff defined benefit...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann have today (Thursday, 13th April) received a recommendation from the Labour Court aimed at resolving the dispute at the public transport company. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “The...

SIPTU members in Dublin Bus have voted in favour of taking industrial action in support of their colleagues currently in dispute in Bus Éireann in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall, Dublin 1, today (Thursday, 13th April). SIPTU Organiser,...

SIPTU activists in the Education Sector held a protest outside the Dáil this afternoon (Wednesday, 12th April) to highlight the spread of precarious work practices in the Third Level Education Sector and call for the Government to take action on the...

SIPTU members will hold a lunchtime protest at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, James Street, Dublin 8, today (12th April) at 12.00 p.m., in response to a decision by senior management to cease employer contributions to the staff...

SIPTU has called for the focus to be maintained on women’s artistic achievements rather than be simply reduced to commenting on how they appear in media coverage of awards ceremonies and other artistic events. SIPTU Campaigns and Equality Organiser, Karan...

The issues in dispute between workers and management at Bus Éireann have been referred to a hearing of the Labour Court which will take place today (Tuesday, 11th April) at 3.00 p.m. This follows talks between union representatives and management at the...

Tara Mines workers returned to work at the facility in County Meath on Saturday (8th April) after a six-day sit-in, following the acceptance of proposals on improving the operation of a new underground ambulance system in the mine. SIPTU Organiser, John...

A sit-in by workers in Tara Mines in County Meath has entered its fifth day (Friday, 7th April) as staff in the mine highlight their concerns over health and safety following a unilateral move by the company to change the operation of the underground ambulance...

Early Years educators are invited to attend a meeting of the SIPTU ‘Big Start’ campaign for increased investment in the Early Years sector in Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay, Cork on Monday, 10th April, at 7.00 p.m. The meeting will focus...

A delegation from the SIPTU Big Start Campaign will attend a meeting with Clare County Council councillors to inform them of the problems and growing crisis within the Early Years education sector on Monday, 10th April, at 3.00 p.m. Those attending on...

A delegation from the SIPTU Big Start Campaign will attend a meeting with Clare County Council councillors to inform them of the problems and growing crisis within the Early Years education sector on Monday, 10th April, at 3.00 p.m. Those attending on...

Early Years educators are invited to attend a meeting of the SIPTU ‘Big Start’ campaign for increased investment in the Early Years sector in Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay, Cork on Monday, 10th April, at 7.00 p.m. The meeting will focus...

SIPTU and PFA Ireland representatives have secured an agreement with the FAI on issues of concern raised by the women’s national football team following nine hours of mediated talks which concluded shortly after 4.00 a.m. this morning (Thursday, 6th...

SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, will begin a 24-hour work stoppage tomorrow (Thursday, 6th April), at 7.30 a.m. in a dispute concerning collective bargaining rights at the power generation plant....

Members of the Republic of Ireland women’s national football team have decided not to attend a Football Association of Ireland (FAI) training camp this afternoon (Wednesday 5th April) in Dublin. PFA Ireland Player Executive, Ollie Cahill, said:...

SIPTU members, directly employed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), have given their full support for the call by members of the women’s national football team for management to engage with their representatives concerning a range of...

Members of the Republic of Ireland women’s national football team and their representatives in the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland (PFAI) outlined a range of issues that have adversely affected the performance of the squad at a press conference...

SIPTU representatives have accepted an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to attend talks, aimed at resolving the Bus Éireann dispute, tomorrow (Wednesday, 5th April) at 10.30 a.m. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie...

SIPTU members in Pfizer Ireland Ltd., Ringaskiddy, County Cork, have settled a dispute with the company following its agreement to allow 35 new entrants access to its defined benefit pension scheme. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Alan...

SIPTU members employed as Bus Éireann school bus drivers are to commence a ballot for industrial and strike action due to the threat to their jobs resulting from the wider crisis in the company. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said:...

SIPTU Transport Division organiser, Greg Ennis, has said that the union did not organise and does not condone the unofficial action which disrupted rail and bus services this morning. He said that the union regrets the manner in which tens of thousands of...

Up to 1,000 public transport workers and their supporters marched to Leinster House at lunchtime today (Wednesday, 29th March) in support of a demand by Bus Éireann strikers for the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, to establish a...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann have called upon the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, to stop dodging his responsibilities to both transport workers and the travelling public and establish a process that can effectively deal with the issues in the...

The first Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) two-day workshop, on practical steps for Irish companies and suppliers exporting to the UK following Brexit, will take place in the Hub in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny on Thursday, 30th and Friday,...

SIPTU Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) representatives have said that their members are not surprised by findings concerning the under-resourcing of the ambulance service in Dublin contained in a report issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) last week....

A meeting of SIPTU representatives of Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Eireann was held in Liberty Hall today (Monday 27th March) to discuss the ongoing strike in Bus Eireann. The representatives were informed of a planned protest in support of the Bus Eireann...

SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, began a 24-hour work stoppage today (Monday, 27th March), at 7.30 a.m. in a dispute concerning collective bargaining rights at the power generation plant. SIPTU...

SIPTU has this afternoon (Friday, 24th January) released to its membership a series of steps which would assist in ending the strike by Bus Éireann workers and resolve the wider crisis in the public transport network. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie...

SIPTU members in Tim Hastings Volkswagen Garage in Westport, County Mayo, have ended more than six weeks of strike action after agreeing a settlement with management following a recent conciliation conference at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)....

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann have announced that they will commence an indefinite all out-strike action and place pickets on bus stations across the country, from Friday (24th March) at 12.01 a.m., in a dispute over cuts to pay, the...

SIPTU representatives presented leaflets outlining why their members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, will be conducting a 24-hour work stoppage on Monday, 27th March, to the members of the board of Bord na...

SIPTU representatives will tomorrow (Thursday, 23rd March) meet with the other trade unions involved in the Bus Éireann dispute to establish a common strategy and response to the latest demands by management for changes to conditions of employment at the...

SIPTU members working in Trinity College Dublin have decided to defer issuing a notice of industrial action in a dispute concerning the failure of management to offer permanent contracts to staff. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Karl Byrne, said: “At a...

SIPTU representatives were fully briefed by the management of RTÉ yesterday (Tuesday, 21st March) prior to its announcement this morning that it intends to implement a restructuring of the organisation and sell a portion of its campus in Donnybrook,...

Members of the Justice for the Clerys Workers Campaign finally met Natrium director, Deirdre Foley, prior to a press conference in the Mansion House this morning (Tuesday, 21st March) to announce a settlement to the 21-month long dispute which...

The General President of SIPTU, Jack O’ Connor, has expressed his deep condolences to the family of Martin McGuinness following the death of the former deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness. “On behalf of the National Executive and...

SIPTU representatives in Bus Eireann have said that they will enter discussions with management at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on the basis that any payroll or personnel changes at the company are achieved by agreement. In a letter to Bus Eireann...

SIPTU representatives have criticised an attempt by the management of Bus Éireann to force through an inequitable wage cuts at the company which overwhelmingly focus on the earnings of bus drivers and other staff while ignoring senior management. In a letter to...

SIPTU members today (Tuesday 14th March) were advised by the management of Coty of the proposed closure of its facility in Nenagh , county Tipperary, with the loss of over 200 jobs. Coty management has informed workers that it intends to close the plant by...

Early Years educators are invited to attend a meeting of the SIPTU ‘Big Start’ campaign for increased investment in the Early Years sector in Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay, Cork, on Monday, 20th March, at 7.00 p.m. The meeting...

SIPTU representatives have said that the intransigence of Bus Éireann management has led to strike action being unavoidable following the breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) last night. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie...

SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, have given the company notice, today (Monday, 13th March), of their intention to conduct a 24-hour work stoppage in a dispute concerning collective bargaining...

SIPTU members working in Trinity College Dublin have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial and strike action, in a dispute concerning the failure of management to offer permanent contracts to staff, in a ballot counted in Liberty Hall, Dublin...

SIPTU has stated its support for measures included in the new Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 which includes legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex and ensure vulnerable women, children and men in prostitution can access supports. SIPTU National...

Following an invitation from the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Brendan Carr, in relation to the imminent industrial action by members of the Dublin Fire Brigade, scheduled for 18th and 27th March, both unions and the senior management of Dublin City...

SIPTU has called for women to become organised in their unions so that effective action can be taken to overcome the gender pay gap which Eurostat figures published on International Women’s Day (Wednesday, 8th March) indicate is still prevalent throughout...

SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) will conduct 24-hour work stoppages on Saturday, 18th March, and Monday, 27th March, to highlight their opposition to an attempt to break up the DFB Emergency Medical Service by removing its ambulance...

SIPTU members in Tim Hastings Volkswagen, who have been on strike since early February, were joined by hundreds of supporters in Westport, County Mayo, on Saturday (4th March), to highlight the campaign for the workers to be paid their...

SIPTU representatives have today (Monday, 6th March) placed the safeguarding of decent full-time jobs, the protection of routes serving rural communities and the preservation of local bus garages to the fore at talks at the Workplace Relation Commission...

The SIPTU Nursing and Midwifery Committee has this morning (Monday, 6th March) endorsed a set of Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals aimed at assisting recruitment and retention of nursing staff in the public health service. SIPTU Health Division...

SIPTU Firefighters and hundreds of their supporters protested outside fire stations across Dublin today (Saturday, 4th March) to highlight their opposition to an attempt to break up the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) Emergency Medical Service by removing its...

SIPTU representatives have this morning (Saturday, 4th March) agreed to consider revised nursing recruitment and retention proposals following 15 hours of talks with management at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). SIPTU Health Division Organiser,...

SIPTU is calling upon supporters of the Tim Hastings Volkswagen workers, who have been on strike since early February, to come out in large numbers for a major rally in Westport, County Mayo, tomorrow (Saturday, 4th March). SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) are calling upon members of the public and elected representatives to support protests against the break up of the DFB Emergency Medical Service outside fire stations across the city on Saturday, 4th March,...

SIPTU representatives have this afternoon (Friday, 3rd March) accepted an invitation to talks on Monday (6th March) at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) aimed at resolving the dispute with the management of Bus Éireann. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann have been informed that the impending strike at their company, which will commence on Monday (6th March), is one which must be won in order to secure a future for all semi-state workers and rural Ireland. A letter from...

SIPTU has welcomed the progress of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016, from the Seanad to Dáil Eireann. This Bill, which seeks to return collective bargaining rights to freelance workers, was debated in the Dail on Tuesday (28th February)...

SIPTU nursing and midwifery representatives have today (Thursday, 2nd March) accepted an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to attend talks aimed at addressing the outstanding issues in the sector. Nursing unions are in an ongoing dispute...

SIPTU members employed by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Student Services Ltd have decided to suspend a scheduled one-day work stoppage tomorrow (Thursday, 2nd March) following union representatives and management agreeing a set of proposed wage increases....

Early Years educators are invited to attend a meeting of the SIPTU ‘Big Start’ campaign for better and affordable childcare in Monksland Community Centre, Athlone on 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 7th March. The meeting will focus on the lack of State...

SIPTU has condemned a plan released by the National Transport Authority (NTA), today (Tuesday, 28th February), which envisages the replacement of Bus Éireann services by those of private bus operators on vital routes across the country. SIPTU...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann will commence an all-out strike action on Monday, 6th March, if management at the company carries out a series of threatened cuts which it outlined in a letter issued to staff this afternoon (Monday, 27th...

SIPTU members employed by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Student Services CLG will implement a work stoppage and place pickets on entrances to the Institute on Thursday, 2nd March, from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. The industrial action results from a...

SIPTU representatives have today (Friday, 24th February) confirmed that strike action by up to 10,000 support workers in the health service has been averted. This follows an agreement with the HSE concerning a dispute which centred on job evaluation,...

SIPTU members currently on strike at Tim Hastings Volkswagen in Westport, County Mayo, have called on management to withdraw a misleading statement issued to the media yesterday (Thursday, 23rd February) concerning redundancies at the company. SIPTU...

SIPTU members in Edenderry Power Ltd (EPL), Edenderry, County Offaly, have voted by a five to one majority for industrial and strike action in a ballot counted last night (Thursday, 23rd February). SIPTU Organiser, John Regan, said:...

SIPTU members from across the country will attend a rally in Westport, County Mayo, on Saturday, 4th March, to show their support for workers who have been on strike at the garage since early February. The strike action results from a dispute...