# siptu - Friday 18 February, 2022
# Dispute
From The42
# Dispute
The FAI responded by defending the report and expressing ‘disappointment’ at SIPTU ’s airing of their issues in the media.
# siptu - Wednesday 16 February, 2022
# Job Losses
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
# siptu - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Staffing Concerns
# Staffing Concerns
Last October, Dublin firefighters balloted for industrial action over the staffing shortages.
# siptu - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Siptu Study
# Siptu Study
A Siptu childcare study found that low pay is driving workers out of the profession.
# siptu - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Public Transport
# Public Transport
The trade union said its representatives had written today to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan
# siptu - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
Dr Colm Henry said the HSE is finalising its policy around this at the moment.
# siptu - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# Voluntary Sector
# Voluntary Sector
Unions say the sector was severely hit by the recession and workers have not received a pay rise in 12 years.
# siptu - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# INMO
# INMO
Trade union representatives and opposition TDs said that paying student nurses was about securing the health service.
# siptu - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Pay Dispute
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.
# siptu - Saturday 11 September, 2021
# Workplace Relations
# Workplace Relations
“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union,” an Amazon spokesperson said.
# siptu - Saturday 17 July, 2021
# Dublin Port
# Dublin Port
72 hours of work stoppages were due to commence from Monday.
# siptu - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Unemployment Supports
# Unemployment Supports
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.
# siptu - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Money At Montrose
# Money At Montrose
The plan was rejected by 87% by 13%.
# siptu - Saturday 3 April, 2021
# Discord
From The42
# Discord
The union say they have referred a number of issues to the Workplace Relations Commission.
# siptu - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Clinical placements for most student nurses and midwives – due to start tomorrow – have been suspended.
# siptu - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Code Of Conduct
# Code Of Conduct
Siptu division organiser Greg Ennis said that serial testing must be maintained at meat plants going forward.
# siptu - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Mass testing at meat plants has indicated levels of infection among workers is now very low.
# siptu - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Meat Plants
# Meat Plants
Meat plants accused of ‘union-busting tactics’ by a trade union representative.
# siptu - Monday 10 August, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Three other meat factories in Kildare, which is also under regional Covid restrictions, have temporarily closed.
# siptu - Friday 7 August, 2020
# Meat Factories
# Meat Factories
Siptu said it is possible some workers have symptoms but are not getting testing over a fear of losing income.
# siptu - Tuesday 21 July, 2020
# Childcare Voices
# Childcare Voices
In the latest in our Childcare Voices series, Darragh O’Connor of SIPTU outlines why the trade union is calling for big changes in pay and affordability in the sector.
# siptu - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Essential Workers
# Essential Workers
A new Employment Regulation Order for contract cleaners was delayed by the Covid-19 outbreak.
# siptu - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Cutbacks
# Cutbacks
Opposition parties and trade unions have made strong statements in recent weeks against possible public spending cuts.
# siptu - Tuesday 19 May, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The Chief Medical Officer has said health officials are also looking at transmission risks for these employees outside of work.
# siptu - Friday 15 May, 2020
# Meat Processing
# Meat Processing
The Dáil heard yesterday that up to 600 cases had been confirmed in meat plants.
# siptu - Friday 1 May, 2020
# Radiography
# Radiography
The students had been calling on Simon Harris to pay them for their work during the pandemic.
# siptu - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Bord Na Móna
# Bord Na Móna
Last week it was confirmed that up to 230 workers were to be removed from the company’s payroll.
# siptu - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Protection
# Protection
Unions are monitoring the situation but they say enforcement resources need to be increased.
# siptu - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Revenue
# Revenue
Fianna Fáil has called on the government to issue “clear and simple guidance” on this issue.
# siptu - Friday 10 April, 2020
# Health Minister
# Health Minister
Siptu’s Kevin Figgis says that “many” of these student radiographers are replacing existing staff who have to self-isolate.
# siptu - Tuesday 7 April, 2020
# Essential Staff
# Essential Staff
Ian Morely says that Cork University Hospital has an “eerie” atmosphere at the moment: “Everybody is nervous.”
# siptu - Friday 21 February, 2020
# Section 39
# Section 39
Siptu members employed by Section 39 organisations are taking strike action across the country.
# siptu - Saturday 1 February, 2020
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
Trade unions said that there was a “fear and anxiety” among workers that good quality replacement jobs wouldn’t be provided.
# siptu - Thursday 23 January, 2020
# When I'm 65
# When I'm 65
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed to reporters today that the transitional pension would only apply to 66-year-olds.
# siptu - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Financial Woes
# Financial Woes
Representatives from the union met with the Minister for Sport today.
# siptu - Monday 6 January, 2020
# SIPTU
# SIPTU
One paramedic said crews could be on the road for four to eight more hours after a ‘hectic’ 12-hour shift.
# siptu - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Crisis
From The42
# Crisis
Sports minister Shane Ross and Sport Ireland will not be appearing alongside the football body on Wednesday, however.
# Redundancy
# Redundancy
Virgin Media said it has not received any notification from the unions.
# siptu - Friday 29 November, 2019
# Better Pay
# Better Pay
Up to 35 staff members at the company voted to go on strike in September.
# siptu - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# SIPTU
# SIPTU
The issue went to the Labour Court after a resolution couldn’t be reached at the WRC.