Strike action to take place in Donegal over funding concerns in voluntary & community sectors
Two days of rolling strike action planned for community and voluntary sector bodies in a number of counties including Donegal will begin today in a dispute over pay. Disability and other services will be impacted by the action. The strike action will also take place in Galway, Mayo…
SIPTU Housing Conference to address challenges facing the north west
Average monthly rents in the North West have increased significantly over the last five years. They rose by nearly 40% in Leitrim while in County Sligo, rents rose by a third. House prices have also skyrocketed in the region, with prices in Sligo and Leitrim rising by over…
SIPTU to meet with B Braun Hospicare Management
Meetings will take place next week between SIPTU and B Braun Hospicare Ltd concerning the threatened plant closure in Collooney. SIPTU representatives will meet with the management of the company a week from today (February 10th) to discuss their decision to close the manufacturing facility. The company…
SIPTU say they will fight to save jobs at B Braun
A SIPTU Union official representing workers at the B Braun Hospice facility in Collooney has described the feeling of shock that has gripped the workers of the facility after it was announced that 80 jobs will be lost with the closure of the outlet Management of the company yesterday…
Demand increasing on the National Ambulance Service
The demand for the National Ambulance Service has increased by 30% and is now above pre-pandemic levels. The HSE will tell an Oireachtas committee today staff have been put under ‘immense’ pressure. SIPTU will say burnout and fatigue have risen sharply among staff – and will partly blame…
80% of early years sector staff plan to leave within the next year
The early years sector is facing such a crisis that 80% of staff are plannig to leave the sector in the next 12 months according to a local SIPTU representative. A new survey has also found 42% of staff are actively looking for a new job with low pay being…
Workers in early years sector forgotten about, says Sligo SIPTU member
The vice chairman of the Sligo SIPTU Big Start Committee says the health of workers in the early years sector has been forgotten about in decisions made by the government in relation to Covid. John Davey says he and his colleagues were shocked yesterday evening on hearing that schools are…