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SIPTU representatives today (Thursday, 26th May) met with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to discuss the potential to develop the role of Radiation Therapists and Radiographers in the health service. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Kevin...

SIPTU members will join the march by the National Homeless and Housing Coalition which is taking place on Saturday (28th May) in Dublin to highlight the need for government action to end the housing crisis. The march which is being supported by a broad range of...

SIPTU members working in Oberstown Detention Centre in Lusk, County Dublin, have today (Wednesday, 25th May) served notice of a series of work stoppages beginning on Tuesday, 31st May, from 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. The action is a result...

SIPTU representatives have accepted an invitation issued through the offices of the ICTU to attend a meeting with Transdev, the operator of the LUAS light rail network, at the Labour Court tomorrow (Thursday, 26th May). SIPTU Transport,...

SIPTU members providing laundry services at Cavan General Hospital, County Cavan, yesterday (Tuesday, 24th May) served notice to management that they will withdraw their labour from Wednesday, 8th June, in a dispute concerning the...

SIPTU representatives have written to STT Risk Management requesting a meeting to discuss a pay claim by security staff working on the LUAS light rail network in Dublin. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Diane Jackson, said: “SIPTU representatives have...

Irish Equity and SIPTU have endorsed a statement issued by the National Campaign for the Arts which calls on the Government to create a Department dedicated to the arts, culture and heritage. The call follows the announcement by the Government that it intends to...

SIPTU has today (Thursday, 19th May) written to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to demand management reverse a decision to suspend recruitment in all areas of the health service. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell said: “This development...

SIPTU officially opened its new Workers Rights Welcome Centre, which is open to members of the public who wish to ‘drop in’ for information and advice on workplace issues, today (Thursday, 19th May) in Liberty Hall, Dublin. At the...

The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has welcomed the extension of a scheme for undocumented fishermen. The scheme was created in response to reports of trafficking and forced labour in the fishing industry in Ireland, and was originally scheduled to close...

SIPTU has called for urgent action by politicians and State Agencies to save jobs at the Roche pharmaceutical plant in Clarecastle, County Clare, following the announcement last night (Tuesday, 17th May) that a proposed buyout of the facility will...

SIPTU has written to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, today (Wednesday, 18th May) seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the implementation of the recommendations contained in a capacity review of the National Ambulance Service which was...

SIPTU has today (Tuesday, 17th May) welcomed the decision of the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to publish the National Ambulance Service capacity review and urged the Health Service Executive (HSE) to immediately engage with the union on its...

SIPTU members have highlighted crucial flaws in the report of the NUI Galway gender task force which was appointed by the management of the university to examine discrimination against women in the institution. SIPTU Equality Committee at NUI Galway...

SIPTU has today (Friday, 13th May) deferred a ballot of its members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) for strike action, on the specific issue of the failure of the HSE to publish a capacity review into the service, until after the Government...

SIPTU representatives are seeking an urgent meeting with the management of Debenhams Retail (Ireland) Ltd to discuss the impact of the company’s decision to apply for the appointment of an Examiner at the High Court in Dublin today (Thursday, 12th May)....

SIPTU representatives have agreed to attend a meeting at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to discuss the dispute at Tesco Ireland on Wednesday, 18th May. SIPTU Organiser, Derek Casserly, said: “This dispute concerns a threat by the...

SIPTU has highlighted the need for adequate legislation to protect workers’ rights to ensure they can avail of living wages and stable employment in order to build a sustainable economic recovery. SIPTU Services Division Organiser, Ethel Buckley said:...

SIPTU Luas drivers have amended the times of their series of four-hour work stoppages during June to ensure the industrial action does not impact on students sitting State examinations. The four-hour work stoppages on Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th and Friday 10th...

SIPTU has highlighted the threat to over 250 jobs from the ongoing uncertainty concerning planning permission for the Bord na Móna power plant in Edenderry, Co. Offaly. SIPTU Organiser and Bord na Móna Group of Unions Secretary, John...

SIPTU Luas drivers have served notice today (Wednesday, 11th May) of a series of six four-hour work stoppages during June in an escalation of their industrial action in a dispute concerning pay and conditions of employment with the light rail operator Transdev....

SIPTU presented ‘Prisoners Books’ concerning over 30,000 people arrested by the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) between 1905 and 1918 to the Garda Síochána at a ceremony in Liberty Hall, Dublin, this morning (11th May). The...

SIPTU has written to the new Minister for Health, Simon Harris, calling on him to immediately publish a Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE) commissioned capacity review of the National Ambulance Service (NAS). SIPTU Health Division...

The SIPTU Dublin District Council is unveiling a series of plaques around Dublin to commemorate the men, women and young people who served with the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) during the revolutionary period. Two of the distinctive plaques have already be unveiled...

The SIPTU Meath District Council hosted events to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Ashbourne on Saturday, 30th April, which were attended by over 100 trade unionists and local people. The events included  a series of talks and poetry...

SIPTU members employed as Luas drivers have reiterated their commitment to achieve a fair resolution to the dispute with their employer, Transdev, despite its threat to cut their wages for conducting industrial action. SIPTU Transport, Energy,...

SIPTU members at Transdev will not accept the company reducing their pay in response to their prosecution of a lawful and legitimate trade dispute. According to SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Owen Reidy, Transdev has acted in a provocative and unprecedented...

SIPTU has referred its claim for a substantial pay increase for its members in all grades of Irish Rail to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). SIPTU has referred its claim for a substantial pay increase for its members in all grades of Irish Rail to the...

SIPTU has described as ‘positive’ several proposals contained in the Duffy Cahill Report, published today (Tuesday, 26th April), which are aimed at better protecting workers in circumstances similar to the controversial closure of Clerys...

The SIPTU Meath District Council will commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Ashbourne with a series of events in Ashbourne and Navan, County Meath, on Saturday, 30th April. The commemoration begins with a flag raising event at the SIPTU Dan Shaw...

SIPTU has called on the management of Transdev to re-engage in negotiations with representatives of Luas drivers in order to reach a just solution to the dispute at the light rail network. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “It is very...

SIPTU members working as revenue protection officers, revenue protection supervisors, and traffic supervisors on the Luas light rail network voted this afternoon (Monday, 25th April) to accept proposals from the operating company,...

Following detailed, 48 hour, discussions with Transdev management on the Luas dispute, shop stewards representing Traffic and Revenue Protection Supervisors and Revenue Protection Officers at the transport company have agreed to ballot their members...

SIPTU has condemned the bullying approach adopted by the management of Tesco in its attempt to force long serving staff members out of their jobs and its failure to attend a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) meeting to discuss the on-going dispute at the...

SIPTU members working in National Ambulance Service (NAS) emergency control centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a dispute concerning staffing levels, the filling of vacancies and retention of...

Join the parade with Panti Bliss, Stephen Rea, Fionnuala Flanagan, Adrian Dunbar, Donal Lunny, Damien Dempsey, Don Baker, Frances Black, Laoise Kelly and Sibéal Ní Chasaide. Assembly Merrion Square on...

SIPTU members working as Luas drivers have unconditionally cancelled a 48-hour work stoppage scheduled to take place this weekend in order to facilitate talks aimed a finding a resolution to the dispute at the light rail company. SIPTU Transport, Energy,...

SIPTU has saluted Tesco members resolve and organisation in succeeding in forcing management today (Friday, 15th April) to begin improving its offer to long-term staff whose contracts the company wishes to change. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Teresa...

SIPTU members working for the fuel transportation company, Hoyer Ireland, based in Dublin Port and Tivoli in Cork have today (Wednesday, 13th April) served notice of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute...

SIPTU has condemned as obscene Tesco’s announcement of a €1.2 billion profit today (Wednesday, 13th April) while later this month the company will attempt to cut long serving workers’ wages by up to 35%. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Teresa...

SIPTU has condemned the actions of Transdev, the operator of the Luas light rail network, which this evening (Tuesday, 12th April) issued a letter to staff and their union in which it has placed workers on protective notice with immediate effect and...

SIPTU retail staff in Tesco Ireland have overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action, up to and including strike action, in response to an attempt by the company to unilaterally enforce pay cuts and changes to work patterns. SIPTU Sector...

The Group of Unions at Ervia and Irish Water have welcomed the call by the caretaker Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly, for greater input from workers in the debate over the future of the public utility. Group of Unions at Irish Water...

SIPTU representatives met with the management of Lund Precision Products today (Friday, 7th April) to discuss options for saving as many jobs as possible at the tool manufacturer’s plant in Athlone, County Westmeath. SIPTU Organiser, Denis...

SIPTU members and activists joined with colleagues from the European Public Services Union (EPSU) on World Health Day 2016 (Thursday, 7th April) to protest outside the European Commission, Brussels, to highlight the threat of the increasing...

SIPTU members and activists joined with colleagues from the European Public Services Union (EPSU) on World Health Day 2016 (Thursday, 7th April) to protest outside the European Commission, Brussels, to highlight the threat of the increasing...

SIPTU Vice-President, Gene Mealy, has called for an acceleration in the restoration of pay and conditions of employment for public servants. Responding to the public debate surrounding the future of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and the improvement in...

SIPTU members have reached agreement with St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services on a Labour Court recommendation allowing for the deployment of Health Care Assistants (HCAs) within the service. SIPTU Health Organiser, Aideen Carberry, said:...

SIPTU Vice-President, Gene Mealy, has called for an acceleration in the restoration of pay and conditions of employment for public servants. Responding to the public debate surrounding the future of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and the improvement in...

The SIPTU Meath District Council has called on local trade unionists to show support for 999 emergency call operators who will stage a second 12-hour strike in Navan, County Meath on Thursday, 7th April. SIPTU Meath District Council President, Anton...

SIPTU has called on elected representatives to honour their pre-election pledges to prohibit the privatisation of water services by holding a referendum to create a constitutional protection of their public ownership and control. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Brendan...

The SIPTU Meath District Council has called on local trade unionists to show support for 999 emergency call operators who will stage a second 12-hour strike in Navan, County Meath on Thursday, 7th April. SIPTU Meath District Council President, Anton...

SIPTU has called on elected representatives to honour their pre-election pledges to prohibit the privatisation of water services by holding a referendum to create a constitutional protection of their public ownership and control. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Brendan...

SIPTU representatives will conduct a series of meetings with the management of cosmetic manufacturer, Yves Rocher, to consider the implementation of measures aimed at saving as many jobs as possible at the company’s plant in Kilbarry, Cork...

A ballot for industrial action by retail staff at Tesco is a result of the company’s refusal to fully implement a Labour Court recommendation issued on 19th February last. This awarded all retail staff a 2% pay increase and a 1.5% share bonus scheme payment....

A ballot for industrial action by retail staff at Tesco is a result of the company’s refusal to fully implement a Labour Court recommendation issued on 19th February last. This awarded all retail staff a 2% pay increase and a 1.5% share bonus scheme payment....

SIPTU has expressed dismay that the CEO of Transdev UK and Ireland visited Dublin this week to meet with a number of ‘key stakeholders’ but did not meet with workers representatives. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “It is...

SIPTU has expressed dismay that the CEO of Transdev UK and Ireland visited Dublin this week to meet with a number of ‘key stakeholders’ but did not meet with workers representatives. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone, said: “It is...

SIPTU members working in the HSE National Ambulance Service are to ballot for strike action due to the continuing refusal of the caretaker Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar to publish a National Capacity Review of the service. Addressing the Annual General...

Screen Producers Ireland and Irish Equity signed a collective agreement covering Irish TV drama production on Wednesday (30th March). The agreement provides for terms and conditions for artists employed on television drama productions commissioned by Irish...

Leading stars of Irish music including Declan O’Rourke and Lynched will perform at a concert to commemorate the Easter Rising in Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin 1, on Friday (1st April) at 8.00 p.m. The event entitled Freedom doesn’t fall from the...

SIPTU members in Irish Rail have rejected a claim by management that they are responsible for the cancellation of a proposed 10-minute DART service when the reality is there are currently not enough drivers or train units to operate it. SIPTU Organiser, Paul...

A performance of the play Pull Down a Horseman, which features a dramatic debate between James Connolly and Padraig Pearse on when to proceed with a Rising, will take place in the Connolly Hall, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1 on Wednesday, 30th...

Luas drivers and revenue protection grades at Transdev have overwhelmingly rejected proposals on pay and productivity brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission. The drivers ballot rejected the proposals by almost 100%. The other grades voted by 100% to reject the...

The SIPTU Construction Sector has welcomed a ruling by the High Court last Friday (18th March) which extends the number of buildings protected as a national monument in the Moore Street area of Dublin due to their connection to the 1916 Easter Rising. SIPTU...

The Inniskillings Museum at Enniskillen Castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland houses the collections of two regiments raised for the defence of the town in 1689. One of these regiments was the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and in 2012 the museum made a...

The Inniskillings Museum at Enniskillen Castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland houses the collections of two regiments raised for the defence of the town in 1689. One of these regiments was the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and in 2012 the museum made a...

The Inniskillings Museum at Enniskillen Castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland houses the collections of two regiments raised for the defence of the town in 1689. One of these regiments was the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and in 2012 the museum made a...

The SIPTU Meath District Council will commemorate the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916, with a a series of events in Ashbourne town centre on Saturday, 30th April. SIPTU Meath District Council President, Anton McCabe, said: “The Battle of...

SIPTU members working on the Luas light rail network have deferred a work stoppage scheduled for tomorrow (17th March) following talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) which have resulted in proposals to resolve the dispute for three out of four grades of...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called for the introduction of new entry-level pay for childcare professionals at the Living Wage rate of €11.50 per hour and for investment in the sector to be brought in line with the 1% of GDP benchmark recommended by...

A Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and SIPTU campaign focusing on informing students about their rights as workers will reach Athlone IT, Limerick School of Art and Design and NUI Galway next week. The campaign aims to inform students of their rights in areas...

SIPTU LUAS drivers have today (Thursday, 10th March) served notice on their employer, Transdev, of two further 48-hour work stoppages following the company’s refusal to engage in negotiations concerning their terms and conditions of employment....

The SIPTU Dublin District Council is hosting a march and ceremony to mark the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) outside the Marino College of Further Education, Connolly House, North Strand Road, Dublin, on...

SIPTU and Unite members will suspend their strike action at the Cadbury’s production plant in Coolock, Dublin 5, to facilitate discussion and a ballot on proposals aimed at resolving a dispute concerning outsourcing at the company. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU representatives, along with their colleagues from Unite, will attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission concerning the dispute at the Cadbury’s production plant in Coolock, Dublin 5, Friday (4th march) at 10.30 a.m. SIPTU...

SIPTU DART drivers have voted unanimously in favour of strike action in the event of the company proceeding with an attempt to introduce rosters for a 10 minute service as planned on Sunday, 10th April. SIPTU Organiser, Paul Cullen, said: “Our...

SIPTU and Unite members will begin a strike of indefinite duration at the Cadbury’s production plant in Coolock, Dublin 5, tomorrow (Thursday, 3rd March) at 7.00 a.m. in a dispute concerning the outsourcing of jobs. SIPTU Sector...

SIPTU has written to Ervia, the parent company of Irish Water, demanding to know why the projected €7 billion cost of winding up Irish Water, reported in the media today (Wednesday, 2nd March), was not made known to the public prior...

SIPTU retained firefighter members have condemned Cork County Council for putting lives at risk due to its adoption of an Emergency Operations Plan without adequate consultation with emergency workers. SIPTU National Retained Fire-fighter Organiser, Con...

SIPTU will host a major programme of cultural events to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. The events include a gala concert on Easter Saturday, 26th March, in Liberty Hall featuring performances by singers Christy Moore and Damien...

SIPTU and Unite members employed in the Cadbury’s production plant in Coolock, Dublin 5, yesterday (Thursday, 25th February) served the management of Mondelez Ireland with notice of their intention to implement a work stoppage of indefinite...

SIPTU Health Division members visited striking 999 emergency call centre workers on their picket line in Navan, County Meath, during a 12-hour work stoppage today (Thursday, 25th February) to express solidarity with their demand for decent working...

All TDs, Senators and Councillors across the State are being asked to sign the SIPTU/TEEU Water Guarantee. SIPTU members are requested to ask their local elected representatives to sign up to the campaign. For more information contact: campaignsequality@siptu.ie...

All TDs, Senators and Councillors across the State are being asked to sign the SIPTU/TEEU Water Guarantee. SIPTU members are requested to ask their local elected representatives to sign up to the campaign. For more information contact: campaignsequality@siptu.ie...

TDs from most political parties, and many leading Independents, have signed up to the SIPTU/TEEU Water Guarantee, which commits them to work for a referendum to safeguard public water services from the threat of privatisation if they are elected to...

SIPTU has welcomed the announcement today (Monday, 22nd February) by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that it is making the funds available to increase 4th year student nurses and midwives pay to 70% of the staff nursing scale. SIPTU Nursing...

SIPTU has condemned the announcement on Monday (22nd February) by Brinks Ireland that it intends to cease its cash in transit operations by the end of July with the loss of 200 jobs.   SIPTU Organiser, Brendan Carr, said: “The workers are...

The executive of the SIPTU Meath District Council has voted to support a 12-hour strike by workers in the 999 emergency call centre in Navan, County Meath, on Thursday 25th February. SIPTU Meath District Council President, Anton McCabe, said:...

SIPTU members in organisations providing services for people with intellectual disabilities in the south east of the country will hold a ‘day of action’ on Tuesday, 23rd February, to protest against the non-payment of increments due to them....

SIPTU has called upon SELC Ireland Ltd to reverse a decision to downgrade its manufacturing facility in Belmullet, County Mayo, which would result in approximately 20 job losses. SIPTU Organiser, John McCarrick, said: “The announcement by...

SIPTU members working in St. Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin 8, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a ballot counted today (Tuesday, 16th February). The vote by 97% of those...

SIPTU members who work for Transdev, the company which operates LUAS, have announced two additional 24-hour work stoppages in their dispute over pay and conditions. The two further dates of industrial action, which have been decided on by...

We should not give the Right a monopoly of power. In Ireland, we are just emerging from the most dramatic economic collapse in any developed country in the world since the Wall Street crash of 1929. It came about because the hard right-wing Progressive Democrats...

Workers in Bord na Móna have voted to accept a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposal on pay and conditions by 60% in favour to 40% against, in a ballot which was counted today (Monday, 15th February). Bord na Móna Group of Unions...

SIPTU has condemned the treatment by management of workers in West Clare Early Years who were informed at the weekend by text message that the five child care centres run by the organisation in county Clare are to close with immediate effect and their jobs were lost....

SIPTU representatives will engage in intensive negotiations in the coming days with the management of AXA Insurance Ireland following the company’s announcement of possible job losses resulting from the implementation of a restructuring plan. SIPTU...

SIPTU members in the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have expressed concern at the contents of the Fianna Fáil General Election manifesto which makes clear that the party is open to the removal of the DFB emergency ambulance service. SIPTU Sector Organiser,...

SIPTU members in St James’s Hospital, Dublin, have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in response to a management attempt to impose an annual €500 car parking fee on health workers. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell,...

A new SIPTU banner commemorating the trade unionist, James Fearon, who was born in Newry, county Armagh, was unveiled by the SIPTU Dublin Bus Drivers Section in Liberty Hall, Dublin, on Wednesday, 10th February. SIPTU...