Siptu

Almost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screw

Leaders of country’s four largest public service unions met on Monday to consider escalation of their dispute over a new pay deal

Public sector unions reject Jack Chambers’ call to enter talks as disagreement remains

Work-to-rule among large portions of civil and public service began on Wednesday

Public sector workers refusing to enter talks on pay deal, Chambers says

More than 100,000 civil and public servants commenced a work-to rule on Wednesday

More than 100,000 public sector workers to begin industrial action on Wednesday

Move comes as unions exert pressure on Coalition to start talks on new pay agreement

Ireland’s EU presidency may be about to hit a snag

Inside Politics: Civil servants’ work-to-rule could cause ‘serious disruption’; meanwhile, this is a dangerous moment in the North

Civil Service work-to-rule expected to disrupt EU presidency

Escalating public-sector pay dispute to create headache for Irish diplomats in Brussels during EU presidency

Medical scientists to join proposed public service industrial action over absence of pay deal

Association represents about 2,000 laboratory scientists, who carry out diagnostic testing in public hospitals

Aer Lingus to continue talks with unions on job cuts

Irish airline seeking to meet target set by owner to secure aircraft in the future

Aer Lingus to offer up to €180,000 redundancy to office staff

Deal includes five weeks’ pay for every year worked, unions insist on voluntary departures

School closures loom on separate days next month as teacher pay dispute escalates

Members of ASTI to begin work-to-rule on October 5th and will strike nine days later if ‘meaningful’ pay talks are not under way

Trade union balloting is ‘only delaying’ public sector pay deal, Jack Chambers says

Provision will be made in budget for new deal despite the lack of agreement, Minister says

Doctors and university lecturers latest to vote in favour of industrial action

Industrial action by over 160,000 public sector workers due to begin later this month

Siptu ‘guardedly welcomes’ RTÉ’s stripped-back coverage of Ireland-Israel games

Broadcaster will not run ads or studio presentation during Nations League meetings between Republic of Ireland and Israel

Teachers back industrial action including one-day strike that would close primary schools

Union says ballot result is ‘an emphatic mandate from teachers in primary and special schools who are struggling to make ends meet’

Workers’ demands for a cost-of-living package won’t be easily dismissed

Jack Chambers and Micheál Martin are giving mixed messaging on social partnership

Pay rise of 6% agreed for childcare workers but up to €10m in public funding to be lost

Public funding of €10m will be unclaimed due to length of time it took Siptu and employers to agree a deal

Disruption to schools and health services likely with unions to stage one-day strike

A further strike if necessary ‘is also planned’, Irish Congress of Trade Unions says, as it puts pressure on Government over new pay deal

Labour Court dismisses €77,000 claim by RTÉ worker for alleged unpaid entitlements

Court recommends claimant should accept offer of ex gratia lump sum of €2,800

Hospitals face disruption as three trade unions set to start campaign of industrial action

Fórsa, Siptu and INMO have all said they will take action on September 30th

INMO members overwhelmingly vote for industrial action over absence of new public pay deal

Nursing union says members dissatisfied with Government’s ‘lack of urgency’ over cost-of-living pressures they are facing

Threat of public sector industrial action ‘completely unwarranted’ – Chambers

Minister for Public Expenditure made the remarks while insisting the Government wants a ‘fair’ public pay deal

Public service industrial action could be under way by month’s end, says Fórsa trade union

Any action would have ‘serious effects right across the public sector’, according to union chief Kevin Callinan

Public sector workers’ strike vote is no bluff, union says

‘This is a mess of the Government’s own making,’ Siptu’s Adrian Kane says

Public sector faces widespread strikes if new pay deal not agreed

Siptu members overwhelmingly back industrial action, while 100,000-member Fórsa will announce the outcome of its ballot on Tuesday

Aer Lingus jobs cuts plan vague, says cabin crew union

Airline seeking to lay off up to 500 workers to cut costs

Councils entitled to enforce firefighter retirement ages – Labour Court

Court overturns decision of Workplace Relations Commission to award Paul Curran €15,000 for age discrimination

Childcare workers in Siptu reject pay offers on new minimum rates

Some 98% of voters reject offers that weighted increases heavily in favour of higher grades

Ictu boss Owen Reidy: My mum was relieved the Provisional IRA took us hostage in the 1970s, not loyalists

Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy on his long trade union family pedigree, the time his family fell victim to an IRA bank raid and the problems organised labour faces in Ireland

Glen Dimplex’s Northern Ireland arm slumps to £8.2m loss as restructuring costs bite

Group is pursuing Irish consolidation plans that will reduce headcount by 300

Poor productivity in Ireland’s domestic business threatens to hold economy back

Trade unions and business organisations broadly agree on the problem and even share some common ground on solutions

Staff at dementia care unit cancel strike to ballot on proposals

Dispute involves about 20 staff who say their roles have evolved considerably over prolonged period

Strike planned at Ireland’s largest dementia facility averted with talks planned

Siptu had announced escalation in long-running row over housekeeping staff at St Joseph’s Centre, Shankill

Housekeeping staff at dementia care facility set for three-day strike from Monday

Trade union cites lack of progress in regrading 20 staff involved in dispute

Integration of Carlow College into South East Technological University ‘never realistic’

Students and staff had thought the process was under way, but institution is to close

Thousands of creche and early education staff to be balloted on pay proposals

Offers by two main representative bodies ‘unfair and unacceptable’, Siptu says

Paramedics vote to accept pay proposals as dispute with HSE ends

Package provides for pay increases of up to 23 per cent in some instances, with ballot conducted in recent weeks

‘It’s part of the dance’: State and union sides posture over new public-service pay deal

Industrial action threats mounting since accord expired in June, but Coalition will want to know exposure before Budget 2027

Ireland relieved to have avoided obvious embarrassment on EU stage – so far

Micheál Martin to speak in Strasbourg, and Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin talk about Ukraine

Calleary appeals to unions to join pay talks

EU social protection ministers meeting in Minister’s Mayo constituency

Public sector unions preparing for possible industrial action ballots over pay talks

Move comes after exploratory meetings between Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Department of Public Expenditure failed to reach deal

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