# SIPTU

Yesterday

1st June 2023

# Industrial Action

Local authorities are not prepared for strikes by water and firefighting workers, Siptu warns

Staff in local firefighting and water divisions are to stage separate strikes starting next week.

4.0k

8 hours ago

This week

28th May 2023 - 2nd June 2023

# retained firefighters

Firefighters should ensure safety of public not 'put at risk' in event of industrial action

The Local Government Management Agency has written to Siptu regarding planned industrial action.

6.7k

Tue 7:22 PM

Last week

21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023

# roster tensions

Explainer: Why are HSE bosses calling for a ‘permanent’ seven-day roster for hospital staff?

The HSE has said it wants to avoid a “substantial impact” of overcrowding on hospitals.

13.9k

May 26th 2023, 4:10 PM

# SIPTU

Retained Firefighters to begin industrial action on 6 June with possibility of strike

Rolling work stoppages are scheduled to commence during the following week with an all-out strike set for 20 June if the dispute has not been resolved.

9.6k

May 21st 2023, 12:06 PM

Last month

May 2023

# Industrial Action

Ambulance workers vote for strike action over delays to proposed pay reforms

A proposed new pay scale has not been implemented despite negotiations.

7.7k

May 7th 2023, 3:13 PM

# insolvency

SIAC Construction: Appeals for builder to clarify future of 100 jobs as it enters High Court

The High Court heard today that there is insufficient cash to pay roughly 100 workers at two of SIAC Construction’s companies.

22.5k

May 3rd 2023, 7:22 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Healthcare assistant 'asked to follow and watch' rival union members, WRC told

A report by

Eoghan Dalton

The former staff member has taken a constructive dismissal case against charity Cheshire Foundation Ireland.

27.3k

May 3rd 2023, 12:05 AM

This year

2023

# Dispute

National Ambulance Service personnel to ballot on strike action

The dispute centres around proposed new work structures.

6.6k

Apr 24th 2023, 6:00 AM

# Ballincollig

Firefighters in Cork start industrial action claiming 'staff shortages' are posing safety risks

Firefighters say intent to continue to stage protests and also to escalate their industrial action if necessary.

8.1k

Apr 20th 2023, 10:47 PM

# pay talks

Pay talks: Additional money for HSE funded agencies 'must go on worker's pay, not admin costs'

Trade unions are set to push the State to reclassify agency healthcare workers as public servants.

16.9k

Apr 16th 2023, 10:00 PM

# shock closure

Siptu to raise millions paid out in dividends by Cartamundi's Ireland site in job losses talks

The company is to close its Waterford factory where 234 people are employed.

14.7k

Mar 23rd 2023, 10:37 PM

# Nuremore Hotel

SIPTU members employed at Co Monaghan hotel apply to appoint liquidator following wage issues

Last December, staff at the hotel staged a sit-in protest due to wages allegedly not being paid on time.

19.6k

Mar 15th 2023, 10:46 PM

# Nuremore Hotel

Staff at Co Monaghan hotel vote to refer outstanding issues with employer to WRC

Last December, staff at the hotel staged a sit-in protest due to wages allegedly not being paid on time.

18.7k

Mar 3rd 2023, 5:35 PM

# Industrial Action

Two 24-hour work stoppages by Go Ahead employees to take place in March

The work stoppages, which at least 270 members are expected to take part in, will to take place on 1 and 8 March.

15.9k

Feb 9th 2023, 7:21 PM

# Dublin Bus

Dublin Bus services to be suspended in west Tallaght from this evening

The NBRU general secretary said a ‘very small minority’ are damaging the ‘ability of Dublin Bus to provide a proper public transport service’.

26.2k

Jan 12th 2023, 3:20 PM

# Industrial Action

Retained firefighters overwhelmingly vote for strike action in dispute over crisis in service

Over 90% of Siptu members voted for strike action.

10.2k

Jan 12th 2023, 10:33 AM

# National Ambulance Service

Paramedics at 'breaking point' amid winter surge, SIPTU warns

Overcrowding has “severely impacted” with ambulance crews having to “wait hours on end” to hand over their patients.

13.2k

Jan 8th 2023, 8:42 AM

# SIPTU

Paramedics to vote on industrial action up to and including strike action

Siptu members of the National Ambulance Service will receive ballot papers next week.

13.1k

Jan 5th 2023, 3:36 PM

Last year

2022

# SIPTU

Dublin Airport workers to ballot for industrial action after no-confidence vote in daa management

Workers said that their wages were not paid into their accounts on time this week on top of other issues with the payment system.

22.7k

Sep 23rd 2022, 7:07 PM

# RMT

Siptu presents Mick Lynch with €20,000 donation in 'solidarity' with striking UK rail workers

SIPTU general secretary Joe Cunningham presented the cheque to Lynch at the Imperial Hotel in Cork.

26.5k

Aug 12th 2022, 6:50 PM

# Protest

Community workers strike for pay rise amid cost of living crisis

Protests were held in Galway, Waterford and Dublin, calling for the first pay increase for care and community workers in 14 years.

16.3k

Updated

Jul 6th 2022, 3:55 PM

# strike action

SIPTU members in Irish Wheelchair Association vote to strike on 5 July

Some workers have not had a pay rise in 14 years, according to Siptu.

13.9k

Jun 26th 2022, 3:24 PM

# Dispute

Talks to resume at Bausch and Lomb as Siptu suspends industrial action

Staff held two-hour work stoppages at the plant last weekend.

8.6k

Jun 15th 2022, 9:30 PM

# Work Stoppage

Workers start industrial action at Bausch + Lomb's Waterford plant after negotiations fail

Siptu argues that the company is not offering workers a sufficient pay rise to support them during the cost of living crisis.

17.5k

Jun 11th 2022, 1:57 PM

# Industrial Action

Bausch and Lomb management willing to meet union in bid to halt planned work stoppages

The action is due to start at the company’s Waterford plant tomorrow.

27.2k

Updated

Jun 10th 2022, 5:44 PM

# Dispute

Public row rumbles on as SIPTU workers accuse FAI of lack of engagement and criticise strategic plan

The FAI responded by defending the report and expressing ‘disappointment’ at SIPTU’s airing of their issues in the media.

2.2k

Feb 18th 2022, 6:53 PM

# Job Losses

'Good job in the pandemic lads, now you're gone': Tesco security guards shocked at job losses

Almost 100 Tesco security workers face losing their jobs by the end of the month.

Almost 100 Tesco security workers face losing their jobs by the end of the month, Órla Ryan reports

Security guards said they were verbally abused and spat on during the pandemic and have now been made to feel "disposable"

"I've worked for this company since I was 16 years of age, I literally do not know anything else," one man told us

104k

Updated

Feb 16th 2022, 12:05 AM

# staffing concerns

Dublin Fire Brigade agree to new staffing plan to solve long running shortages

Last October, Dublin firefighters balloted for industrial action over the staffing shortages.

14.1k

Feb 11th 2022, 3:16 PM

# Siptu study

Survey finds over 40% of childcare workers are actively looking for job in another sector

A Siptu childcare study found that low pay is driving workers out of the profession.

14.7k

Feb 9th 2022, 7:45 AM

All time

# Public Transport

SIPTU is calling for reduced passenger numbers on public transport 'for safety'

The trade union said its representatives had written today to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan

14.3k

Nov 24th 2021, 7:16 PM

# HSE

Unions call for healthcare workers to not be exempt from five-day household Covid rule

Dr Colm Henry said the HSE is finalising its policy around this at the moment.

24.6k

Nov 18th 2021, 10:00 PM

# voluntary sector

Unions call for 3% pay increase for voluntary and community sector workers

Unions say the sector was severely hit by the recession and workers have not received a pay rise in 12 years.

11.6k

Updated

Nov 9th 2021, 1:00 PM

# INMO

Student nurses Dáil protest: 'I know I'm not staying in Ireland - after I'm qualified, I'm gone'

Trade union representatives and opposition TDs said that paying student nurses was about securing the health service.

23.8k

Nov 2nd 2021, 4:19 PM

# Pay dispute

'Deeply annoyed and frustrated': Contact tracers write to HSE over pay and conditions

“It’s insult[ing] to be paid less than the person sitting beside you because they have a speech and language therapist qualification.”

The HSE had been told that workers are ‘deeply annoyed and frustrated’, Niall O'Connor writes.

The contact tracers are unhappy over a decrease in overtime and changes to roles.

Almost 800 people are trained to work as contact tracers, working from six call centres.

32.0k

Oct 13th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Workplace Relations

Irish trade unions voice concern over Amazon worker surveillance and alleged union-busting

“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union,” an Amazon spokesperson said.

34.8k

Sep 11th 2021, 6:00 AM

# Dublin Port

Workers agree to suspend strike at Dublin Port for talks with company about pay and safety

72 hours of work stoppages were due to commence from Monday.

13.1k

Jul 17th 2021, 8:00 AM

# Unemployment Supports

Employees face income support 'cliff edge' unless supplementary payments extended, says Sinn Féin TD

The Short Term Work Support benefit is coming to a close for many in receipt of it, which will affect workers in industries impacted by Covid-19, particularly aviation.

10.6k

Jun 8th 2021, 6:15 AM