News Archive
Health workers protest against creeping privatisation of services
SIPTU Health workers protested outside the Public Sector Finance and Efficiency Summit held in the Croke Park conference centre, Dublin, this morning (Wednesday, 18th September) to highlight the threat to services and jobs from the creeping...
Successful Fair Hotels Expo held in Liberty Hall
Representatives of over 30 hotels and 50 organisations seeking to book event and conference venues attended a highly successful Fair Hotels Expo in Liberty Hall on Tuesday, 17th September. A Fair Hotel is one that ensures the fair treatment of staff and...
SIPTU activists present fairer budget proposals to Galway West TDs
Members of the SIPTU Galway District Committee met with Fine Gael TD, Sean Kyne, and Fianna Fáil TD, Eamonn O’Cuiv, on Thursday, 12th September, to present them with Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) budget...
SIPTU opposes NTA plan to privatise 10% of bus services
SIPTU will oppose a National Transport Authority (NTA) plan to privatise 10% of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes that would severely damage the companies’ ability to continue to provide a nationwide public transport system. According to the plans...
Milne Foods workers hold 48-hour work stoppage
SIPTU members commenced a 48-hour work stoppage at 6.30 a.m. on Thursday, 12th September, at Milne Foods in Birr, County Offaly, due to the company’s failure to implement a Labour Court recommendation in relation to workers'...
Barry Cowen TD signs SIPTU community workers petition
Offaly Fianna Fáil TD, Barry Cowen, has signed a petition calling on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan to “respect community sector workers and meet their union” Over 1,000...
SIPTU to meet with Andersen Ltd following liquidation announcement
SIPTU representatives will meet with the management of Andersen Ltd, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, on Tuesday (10th September) to discuss the custom jewellery manufacturer’s announcement today (Friday, 6th September) that it has entered into...
SIPTU activists call for protection of Community Sector in Budget
SIPTU Community Sector activists handed in a pre-budget submission today, (Wednesday, 4th September) to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, calling for the protection of services provided by Local Development...
SIPTU expresses concern about emigration and numbers of unemployed women
The Live Register figures for August, which were published today (Wednesday, 4th September), show a seasonally adjusted monthly fall of 3,400 people signing on but also indicates increased difficulties for women seeking employment,...
Meath SIPTU activists meet with Fine Gael TDs to call for a fairer budget
Members of the SIPTU Meath District Committee met with local Fine Gael politicians last week, to ask them to consider the Irish Congress of Trade Union (ICTU) budget proposals that are aimed at reaching Ireland’s agreed deficit targets, spurring job...
SIPTU members protest outside Chief State Solicitor’s Office
SIPTU members are staging a protest today (Monday, 2nd September) outside the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Osmond House, Little Ship Street, Dublin 8, where they were, until recently, employed as security officers....
Management of O’Rourke’s Pharmacy agrees to talks with SIPTU
SIPTU has welcomed the decision of the management of O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, to agree to attend proximity talks with union representatives at the Labour Relations Commission on Tuesday, 10th September. In...
SIPTU expresses ‘grave concern’ about theatre closure at Louth County Hospital
SIPTU has raised grave concern about the closure of an operation theatre in Louth County Hospital on alternative weeks from the start of September. The move may result in SIPTU members being transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, during the...
SIPTU expresses ‘grave concern’ about theatre closure at Louth County Hospital
SIPTU has raised grave concern about the closure of an operation theatre in Louth County Hospital on alternative weeks from the start of September. The move may result in SIPTU members being transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, during the...
SIPTU members protest outside Chief State Solicitor’s Office
SIPTU members are staging a protest today (Monday, 26th August) outside the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Osmond House, Little Ship Street, Dublin 8, where they were until recently employed as security officers. The workers are...
SIPTU condemns use of strike breakers at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare
SIPTU has condemned the use of agency staff by Uniphar Retail Services (URS) in an attempt to undermine industrial action at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. Workers at O’Rourke’s Pharmacy are conducting a one-day work...
Cavan-Monaghan TDs call on Minister to meet with community workers’ union
Cavan-Monaghan TDs Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin and Brendan Smith have signed a SIPTU petition calling on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to “respect community sector workers and meet their...
LRC intervenes in dispute between the Catholic Church and a former employee
SIPTU has welcomed the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in a dispute involving the Catholic Church and a former employee. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Adrian Kane, said: “The LRC informed SIPTU this afternoon (Friday, 23rd...
Catholic Church threatens injunction against former employee
SIPTU has condemned a threat by the Catholic Church to seek a legal injunction to prevent a protest by a former employee outside the Church of Mary Immaculate Queen in Bearna, Co. Galway, on Sunday, 25th August. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Adrian...
SIPTU members in Marks and Spencer vote for strike action
SIPTU members have voted unanimously in favour of industrial action in the Marks and Spencer store in Tallaght, Co. Dublin. The union has issued the company with notice of industrial action to take place on or after Tuesday, 10th September.SIPTU...
Industrial action at Crowley’s Pharmacy in Mahon, Co. Cork
SIPTU members employed in Crowley’s Pharmacy in Mahon, Co. Cork, are conducting a one-day work stoppage, today (Wednesday, 21st August), to protest at unilateral changes to their terms of employment, illegal deductions from...
SIPTU completes ballot of members in Dublin Bus on Labour Court proposals
SIPTU completed a ballot of its members in Dublin Bus on Tuesday (20th August), with workers in the clerical, craft, operative, engineering supervisor, inspector and executive grades voting to accept Labour Court proposals to change their...
Commemoration of 1913 Sligo Dock Strike on 29th August
The SIPTU Sligo District Committee is hosting a series of events to commemorate the Sligo Dock Strike of 1913 on Thursday, 29th August The events begin with the unveiling of a plaque in memory of ITGWU member Patrick Dunbar in the SIPTU Sligo Office in Cleverath...
SIPTU condemns treatment of staff by Sunday Business Post management
SIPTU has condemned the treatment of staff, including the implementation of compulsory redundancies without negotiation, by the new management of the Sunday Business Post. SIPTU Organiser, John White, said: “The new management of the...
Milne Foods workers to hold protest march in Birr, County Offaly, on 24th August
Milne Foods workers and their supporters will march in Birr, County Offaly on Saturday, 24th August, to protest at the refusal of the company to implement a Labour Court recommendation or meet with its employees’ representatives. The protest...
SIPTU Dublin Bus drivers reject Labour Court proposals
SIPTU Dublin Bus Drivers have voted to reject Labour Court proposals to change their terms of employment by 72% to 28% following a ballot which was counted in Liberty Hall, Dublin, on Friday, 16th August. The proposals were arrived at after overnight...
Over 1,000 sign petition calling on Minister Phil Hogan to meet community workers
Over 1,000 people have signed the SIPTU Community Sector petition calling on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to meet with the representatives of community workers who will be affected by his plans...
SIPTU condemns the use of strike-breakers by Kells Credit Union
The use of strike-breakers by the management of Kells Credit Union, County Meath, marks a “new low” in its attempts to deny workers collective bargaining rights, according to SIPTU Insurance and Finance Sector Organiser, Adrian...
BCD workers to protest at Rose of Tralee Festival
Former BCD Travel workers intend to protest outside the Rose of Tralee Festival to highlight the failure of the event’s sponsor, Kerry Group, to ensure its contractor pays them redundancy payments they are owed. The Festival begins on...
SIPTU members in G4S vote to accept company restructuring proposals
SIPTU members in G4S Cash Solutions Ireland Ltd have voted to accept restructuring proposals aimed at securing the long-term future of the company. In a ballot counted yesterday evening (Thursday, 8th August), workers voted by 79% to 21% to accept the...
Dublin Central TDs call on Minister to meet with community workers’ union
Dublin Central TDs Maureen O’Sullivan and Mary Lou McDonald today (Friday,9th August) signed a SIPTU petition calling on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to “respect community sector...
SIPTU members to vote on Dublin Bus proposals next week
SIPTU members in Dublin Bus will vote on Labour Court proposals for a company cost savings plan next week. Prior to the ballot, SIPTU representatives will hold a general meeting of Dublin Bus drivers in Liberty Hall on Monday, 12th August. SIPTU members in...
SIPTU to meet Marks & Spencer workers concerning job losses
SIPTU representatives will meet with Marks & Spencer workers tomorrow (Thursday, 8th August) to discuss options and redundancy terms for members of staff affected by the planned closure of four of the company’s stores. The company announced today (7th...
Misrepresentation of SIPTU position on free travel indicates wider agenda
SIPTU supports the maintenance of the free travel scheme for pensioners and other eligible groups utilising public transport. SIPTU Organiser Paul Cullen said: “SIPTU supports the maintenance of the free travel scheme for eligible people on services provided by...
SIPTU welcomes Labour Court effort to resolve Dublin Bus dispute
SIPTU has welcomed the invitation to talks issued this evening by the chairman of the Labour Court. SIPTU Sector Organiser Willie Noone said:“We welcome the intervention of the Labour Court as this dispute will only be resolved through negotiation and...
Striking workers at Milne Foods call for political intervention in dispute
SIPTU members conducting a 48-hour strike action at Milne Foods in Birr, County Offaly, have called on politicians to demand that the company, which has a number of contracts to supply State bodies, implement a Labour Court recommendation in...
Minister ‘regrets’ failure of BCD Travel to respect Labour Court recommendation
Former BCD Travel workers have called for greater Government action following a statement by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Burton, that he “greatly regrets” that the company has failed to adhere to a Labour Court...
Supporting Quality campaign marks a successful first year
Supporting Quality, the SIPTU supported consumer campaign aimed at protecting jobs in Ireland and supporting quality Irish products, marked a successful first year in operation with an event in the Heineken (Murphy’s) Brewery in Cork on...
Industrial action to resume at Kells Credit Union
SIPTU members in Kells Credit Union, county Meath, will resume industrial action on Saturday, 3rd August. This will be followed by a series of rolling stoppages, according to SIPTU Organiser, Adrian Kane, who was speaking after a...
SIPTU concerned by Waterstones restructuring plan
The announcement by the book retailer, Waterstones, that it has requested several employees to re-apply for positions at the company is a cause of concern for the workers involved and the wider industry, according to SIPTU Organiser, Graham...
BCD workers protest outside Kerry Group offices in Tralee
Former BCD travel group workers, who have had redundancy payments awarded in a Labour Court ruling withheld by the company, and their supporters staged a protest outside their former workplace at the Kerry Group offices in Tralee today (Thursday,...
SIPTU concerned at Eason’s decision to ‘wind up’ pension scheme
SIPTU has expressed concern at the announcement by Eason and Sons Ltd that the company intends to ‘wind up’ its Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. SIPTU Organiser, Graham Macken, said: “This announcement by Eason’s that it intends to...
SIPTU West Cork District Committee calls on Minister to meet community workers
SIPTU West Cork District Committee has called on Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to meet with community sector workers to discuss proposed major changes to the provision of community development schemes....
BCD workers to protest outside Kerry Group offices in Tralee
Seven former BCD travel group workers, who have had redundancy payments awarded in a Labour Court ruling withheld by the company, will protest outside the their former workplace at the Kerry Group offices in Tralee on Thursday, 25th July. On Friday...
SIPTU calls on Energizer and IBEC to attend LRC to discuss job losses
SIPTU has called on the management of Energizer Ireland Ltd and the employers’ organisation, IBEC, to respect workers’ rights by attending an early meeting of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss redundancies at the company. SIPTU...
SIPTU serves notice of industrial action at Joseph’s National School in Dublin
SIPTU members have served notice of industrial action on the management of St Joseph’s National School, Bonnybrook, in Dublin. The move follows a unanimous vote by cleaning staff at the school to take industrial action, up to and including...
SIPTU concerned at threat to Homebase jobs
SIPTU has expressed concern at the threat to the jobs of workers employed by Homebase House and Garden Centre Ltd. SIPTU Organiser, Graham Macken, said: “We are extremely concerned by the announcement yesterday (Tuesday, 16th July) that an...
SIPTU calls for investment in public nursing homes
SIPTU has called for investment in public nursing homes to ensure society provides elderly citizens with the standard of care they require. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said: “The revelations today in The Irish Times concerning a...
SIPTU disappointed with rejection of Aer Lingus/DAA pension scheme proposals
SIPTU has expressed its disappointment with the decision of the Pensions Board to reject proposals, agreed by unions and management, which were aimed at overcoming the crisis in the Aer Lingus/Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) pension scheme. SIPTU Sector...
SIPTU welcomes Pfizer $130 million investment announcement
SIPTU has welcomed the announcement today (Thursday, 11th July) that Pfizer Ireland Ltd intends to invest $130 million in new manufacturing and research facilities in Ringaskiddy and Grangecastle in County Cork. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Alan...
Strike action at Milne Foods in County Offaly
SIPTU members have commenced 24-hour strike action at Milne Foods in Birr, County Offaly, due to the company’s failure to implement a Labour Court recommendation in relation to workers' conditions of employment The strike action began at 6.30...
Credit Union workers to attend Kells Town Council meeting
Workers and SIPTU representatives will meet with Kells Town Council on Monday, 15th July, to discuss the industrial dispute at St. Colmcilles' Credit Union in Kells, county Meath. Following a request from SIPTU, councillors confirmed the...
SIPTU General President says IBEC call protects wealthy at expense of less well off
SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor has attacked IBECs call that there should be no tax increases in the next budget as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing. “This is nothing more than a thinly camouflaged attempt to insulate the better off from tax...
Strike notice served at Milne Foods in County Offaly
SIPTU members have served notice of strike action at Milne Foods in Birr, co. Offaly, due to the company’s failure to implement a Labour Court recommendation in relation to workers' conditions of employment. The strike action is scheduled to...
SIPTU drivers in Dublin Bus to ballot for strike action
SIPTU drivers in Dublin Bus are to commence a ballot for strike action after they overwhelmingly rejected proposals to cut their pay and reduce their conditions of employment. At a meeting this afternoon (Wednesday, 3rd July), the SIPTU Dublin Bus drivers...
SIPTU President Jack O’Connor's speech on the economy at ICTU Conference
President and Delegates. The misguided public policy of one-sided austerity, which reflects the culture and the interests so dramatically revealed in the Anglo Irish tapes has utterly failed, inflicting misery on the peoples of Europe in the process. The...
Jack O’Connor calls for strategic investment in domestic economy
Speaking on the economy at the ICTU conference in Belfast today (Tuesday 2nd July) SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor, called on the Irish Government to immediately “ramp up the domestic economy” or face exacerbating the economic and social...
SIPTU welcomes European Foundation report on workplace innovation in Ireland
SIPTU has welcomed a report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions into workplace innovation in Ireland. In one of its key findings the ‘Work Organisation and Innovation in Ireland’ report concludes that workplace...
SIPTU calls for action to ensure death of paramedic is never repeated
SIPTU has called on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to place the utmost emphasis on the health and safety of its employees and ensure that the circumstances that led to the death of a paramedic in 2010 are never repeated. The call follows the Dublin District Court...
GDP figures are a reminder that the crisis is far from over
Reacting to the publication on Thursday, 27th June, by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of the Quarterly National Accounts, indicating that the Irish economy is in recession, SIPTU economist, Marie Sherlock, said it is clear that...
Industrial action at Kells Credit Union begins tomorrow
Workers in St. Colmcilles's Credit Union in Kells, county Meath, will commence industrial action tomorrow (27th June) morning at 9.30 a.m. in response to a management failure to recognise their union, SIPTU, for collective bargaining...
MLSA members vote for Haddington Road proposals
The Members of the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association (MLSA)have voted in favour of the Haddington Road proposals on pay and reform in the public service with 62% in favour and 38% against. ...
Shaking the hand of Madiba
Former trade union official Brendan Archbold, who represented the Dunnes Stores strikers in their stand against apartheid South Africa recalls that struggle and meeting Mandela. “It will always be crucial for the trade union movement to play the role of a...
Workers to protest at Clover Lodge Nursing Home in Athy
SIPTU members in Clover Lodge Nursing Home, in Athy, Co Kildare are to protest on Thursday (27th June) to demonstrate their anger at the company’s failure to recognise their rights or to honour agreements made with the union. According to SIPTU...
SIPTU and the MRCI call on Minister to ratify Domestic Workers' Convention
SIPTU Divisional Organiser, John King, has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, to immediately act on his stated intention that Ireland would be among the first countries to ratify ILO Convention 189...
SIPTU members in public service vote in favour of Haddington Road proposals
SIPTU members have voted in favour of the Haddington Road proposals on pay and reform in the public service. Following an extensive ballot of members working in the public service, they have voted by 76% to 24% in favour of the proposals.Responding to the result...
International Justice Day for Cleaners marked at Jim Larkin statue
SIPTU Contract Cleaners have vowed to “organise and fight” to defend the “threshold of decency” represented by the terms of the Registered Employment Agreement (REA) for the security and cleaning sector. Speaking to a crowd of over 100 people...
Industrial action at Kells Credit Union over trade union rights
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Adrian Kane, has said that workers in St. Colmcilles's Credit Union in Kells, county Meath, have been left no option but to commence a campaign of industrial action after management refused to implement the terms of...
Commemoration in Dublin to mark International Justice Day for Cleaners
A colourful commemoration at the statue of Jim Larkin in O’Connell Street is being planned by SIPTU’s Fair Deal for Cleaners Campaign for mid-day on Monday 17th June next. The event is in honour of International Justice for Cleaners Day and will involve...
SIPTU calls for increased investment in childcare training
SIPTU has asked the Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, for increased government investment in training for childcare workers which is both classroom based and involves on the job training. SIPTU Vice-President, Patricia King, said that...
Impact of emigration unclear in latest Live Register figures
The latest Live Register figures indicate a continued decline in the numbers signing on but it is not clear what is the main factor driving this trend, according to SIPTU Economist, Marie Sherlock. Live Register figures published today (Thursday, 6th...
SIPTU Home Support workers to protest in Dundalk on Friday
SIPTU Home Support workers will hold a protest against government cutbacks to services in Dundalk town centre on Friday, 7th June at 3.00 p.m. Protesters will gather in Dundalk Town Square before marching to the local HSE Offices on Market Street to hand in a...
SIPTU welcomes commitment to regulate Home Help services
SIPTU has welcomed a Government commitment to regulate the provision of Home Help services but has warned that without increased funding regulation cannot guarantee quality care for elderly people. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said:...
SIPTU calls rise in numbers in work ‘a step in the right direction’
SIPTU has described Central Statistics Office figures released today (Thursday, 30th May) which show a rise in the number of those in work as ‘a step in the right direction’ but expressed concern over the part-time nature of many of the new jobs....
Youth workers stage “Forced to Fly” protest
Youth Workers and young people held a symbolic “Forced to Fly” protest outside the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Mespil Road, Dublin 4, on Tuesday (28th May) at 11.00 a.m. to highlight continued funding cuts to youth services....
Settlement reached in Shanganagh Treatment Plant dispute
SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, have voted unanimously this morning (Friday, 24th May) to accept proposals from the Labour Relations Commission and return to work. The vote came after three days of strike action...
SIPTU concludes collective agreement with PepsiCo for new Little Island plant
A comprehensive collective agreement has been concluded between SIPTU Manufacturing Division and PepsiCo for a new manufacturing facility in Little Island in Cork. The plant will produce food ingredients which will be exported to PepsiCo manufacturing facilities...
Strike breakers introduced to Shanganagh Water Treatment Plant dispute
Strike breakers are being utilised in an attempt to disrupt an official SIPTU dispute at the Shanganagh Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin. The decision by the management of SDD Shanganagh Water Treatment Ltd to fly in strike breakers from Spain is a major...
SIPTU on LRC proposals for pay and reform in the Public Service
“We recommend acceptance of the new proposals for an agreement on pay and reform in the Public Service for the period 2013 – 2016. They optimise the potential for generating savings through progressive measures such as the replacement of agency staff with...
SIPTU marks Diversity Day with launch of poster in Navan
To mark World Cultural Diversity Day on Monday, 20th May, a new poster celebrating the diverse membership of SIPTU was launched in the Dan Shaw Centre in Navan. At an evening event co-hosted by SIPTU Meath District Committee and the migrant rights...
Dispute at Shanganagh Treatment Plant could have environmental impact
SIPTU members engaged in a second day of strike action at the Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, have expressed serious concern over the possible environmental impact of the dispute at the facility. The facility treats water for domestic...
Irish Equity, SIPTU and Equity UK meet to campaign to advance rights for actors
Irish Equity, SIPTU and Equity UK met in Liberty Hall on Tuesday (21st May) and debated the challenges confronting actors who live and work in the Republic of Ireland and international actors who come to work in Ireland. Both unions have agreed that the...
Strike action at Shanganagh Treatment Plant
SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, began strike action today (Tuesday, 21st May) at 6.30 a.m. in response to their employer’s failure to refer a dispute relating to pay and shift premium payments to the Labour...
SIPTU NEC to discuss LRC proposals on Thursday
The National Executive Council (NEC) of SIPTU will convene on Thursday (23rd May) to consider the proposals which have emerged from discussions on pay and reform in the public service at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) today. The proposals involve an advance on...
SIPTU to mark Diversity Day with launch of poster in Navan on Monday
To mark World Cultural Diversity Day (Monday, 20th May) a new poster celebrating the diverse membership of SIPTU is being launched in the Dan Shaw Centre, Navan, Co. Meath, at 7.30 p.m. The event is being co-hosted by SIPTU Meath District...
SIPTU members at Bus Éireann to ballot on new LRC proposals
The proposals which emerged from discussions at the Labour Relations Commission to resolve the issues at the centre of the dispute at Bus Eireann will now be put to a nationwide ballot of SIPTU members in the coming days. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Willie Noone...
SIPTU to engage with Pfizer to discuss proposed sale of Little Island facility
SIPTU representatives are to meet with the management of pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to discuss its announcement today (Wednesday, 15th May) that it intends to sell it’s Active Primary Ingredients (API) site at Little Island, Co....
European Qualifications Framework conference in Liberty Hall tomorrow
A two-day conference focusing on the development of a European Qualifications Framework (EQF) will open in Liberty Hall, Dublin, tomorrow (Thursday, 16th May). SIPTU General Secretary, Joe O’Flynn, is opening the conference in the...
SIPTU to attend intensive talks at LRC concerning Bus Eireann dispute
Bus Eireann trade union and management representatives will begin a 48 hour period of intensive engagement at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) on Tuesday (14th May), aimed at reaching a conclusion to the dispute at the transport company. The basis for the...
SIPTU to attend intensive talks at LRC concerning Bus Éireann dispute
Bus Éireann trade union and management representatives will begin a 48 hour period of intensive engagement at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) on Tuesday (14th May), aimed at reaching a conclusion to the dispute at the transport company. The basis...
SIPTU to ballot members in Dublin Bus and Irish Rail for industrial action
At a meeting of SIPTU shop stewards from the CIE Group of Companies in Liberty Hall this morning (14th May) it was decided to ballot members in Dublin Bus and Irish Rail for industrial action in solidarity with their colleagues in Bus Éireann. SIPTU Sector...
SIPTU Shop Stewards in CIE to meet on Tuesday morning
SIPTU Shop Stewards in CIE will meet on Tuesday (14th May) morning in Liberty Hall, Dublin, to discuss what action the union will take in response to the escalating dispute at Bus Éireann. SIPTU has also requested that the Irish Congress of Trade...
Cleaning and security workers protest outside Crumlin Shopping Centre
SIPTU members in the security and cleaning sector are staged a protest outside Crumlin Shopping Centre on Monday (13th May). The protest will highlight an attempt by the management of At Risk Security to unilaterally impose reductions to workers' pay and...
SIPTU urges caution over IBEC call to ease back on austerity
SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, has welcomed the decision of IBEC, the employers’ organisation, to call for an easing of austerity but has urged caution concerning the budgetary changes the group may be seeking to promote....
Strike action deferred at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant
Strike action by SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 7th May, has been deferred following the reinstatement of a worker dismissed for trade union activity. Management and...
SIPTU manufacturing conference launches declaration on workplace innovation
A very successful conference on Workplace Innovation was held on the 30th April and 1st May 2013 at the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin. The conference was jointly hosted by SIPTU’s Manufacturing Division and the IDEAS Institute. It included speakers and...
Agreement reached in Killarney Golf Club dispute
Workers at Killarney Golf Club, Co. Kerry, have voted to accept a new restructuring plan for the business and to defer planned strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 7th May. Staff voted overwhelmingly to accept the proposals at a meeting on...
SIPTU calls for caution in regard to use of internships
The publication of an evaluation of the national internship programme, JobBridge, by Indecon consultants, yesterday (1st May), provides some positive indications of progression to paid employment but improvements are required to prevent...
Historic banners to the fore in Dublin May Day march
Historic trade union banners and the Fintan Lalor pipe band led over 1,500 people on a sunny evening May Day march through central Dublin on Wednesday, 1st May. Leading the SIPTU contingent, on the Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) organised...
SIPTU members in Bus Éireann to ballot on industrial action
SIPTU members in Bus Éireann are expected to ballot for industrial action following a management decision to impose unilateral changes to the pay and conditions of workers at the company. On Wednesday, 30th April, management at the semi-state...