Talks aimed at resolving ambulance staff industrial action set for Labour Court
Move follows 24-hour strike by National Ambulance Service workers over pay and grading
Siptu
Striking ambulance unions urged to re-enter talks as patient safety ‘clearly at risk’
HSE says 24-hour stoppage on Tuesday had a ‘significant impact’ on services and waiting times
Ambulance strike under way as group warns move poses ‘significant risk’ to lives
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay
EMT says nurses are making same sorts of decisions as ambulance staff but paramedics are making them on the sides of roads
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Ambulance service to be ‘significantly impacted’ by industrial action today
About 2,000 union members to start a work-to-rule from 8am, with 24-hour strike to follow from Monday night
Electric tractors and trucks gaining ground - but Ireland lags behind
Just one electric HGV was registered here in first three months of the year
Giving €30m more to early education sector could create 3,000 childcare places, group says
Campaign alliance wants Government to pay wages of childcare sector as way to cut costs to parents
Frontline health workers who developed Long Covid set to have full sick pay restored amid case reviews
Special Leave Scheme which kept the staff, mainly nurses, on full pay had been discontinued at end of last year
Could Ireland face a period of worker discontent after the fuel protests?
Package for sectors hit by high diesel costs noted by some who believe militant response is needed in relation to rising cost of living
Siptu asks Oireachtas committee to invite childcare employers in to explain stall on pay deal negotiations
Union warns millions allocated by Government could again be returned unspent if the process does not start soon
Danone Nutricia workers in Wexford vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to accept pay deal
Trade union Unite hails ‘very good outcome’ for members
Siptu to ballot RTÉ members to safeguard against potential outsourcing
Intention to signal to management that further unconsulted outsourcing could lead to industrial action
More than 2,000 frontline ambulance staff set to strike over pay
Three separate work stoppages due to take place on May with further action planned for June
Former employees of Traveller support group ‘living only on prayers’ due to unpaid wages
More than 20 people still awaiting redundancy information after closure of Dublin-based Southside Traveller Action Group
Unite trade union’s public sector workers feeling cost-of-living pinch
Union survey reveals almost all of the more than 800 respondents experiencing growth in household costs
Council taken to Labour Court over use of contractors to maintain Shamrock Rovers pitch amid overwatering investigation
Three staff suspended after Rovers match called off due to waterlogged pitch
Worker was paid €4 an hour to guard high-end clothes shop on Grafton Street, WRC hears
When broke security guard pleaded for his wages, firm urged him to ‘stay working and have some trust and loyalty’
Action plan on collective bargaining not a threat to employers rights on union engagement
Lack of access for union representatives to workplaces into the future would be ‘unacceptable’, says Siptu
Newly qualified paramedics told they will all be hired by NAS
Move resolves dispute over alleged change to recruitment policies
Growth of disinformation has made RTÉ role and funding vital, says Siptu
Potential for tensions to come to a head when feasibility study on outsourcing The Late Late Show and Fair City is delivered, union representative says
Childcare companies contend Labour Court process did not comply with regulations
Case due to return to court on April 21st
Workplace Relations Commission names new chairman
Former Labour Court chair Kevin Foley takes on five-year term at head of State’s industrial relations agency
Ambulance staff to ballot on industrial action after talks fail
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics reject proposals on pay and conditions by large margins
Bank of Ireland staff to vote on 4% pay increase
The Financial Services Union said it will ballot its members on the proposals, which include an increase to all bands
RTÉ’s Siptu members vote overwhelmingly to reject management transformation plan
Strategy was unveiled in June 2024 by director general Kevin Bakhurst amid plummeting licence fee revenues
The shrinking of RTÉ: ‘It feels like an increasingly neutered organisation’
‘We’re not cutting the Six One or anything’ says director general Kevin Bakhurst, as some staff talk about the emergence of ‘two RTÉs’ and fear for the future
Childcare firms seek to raise €250,000 to fund legal challenge to pay-setting process
But stakeholders’ group, including Siptu, expresses ‘serious concerns’ at proposed court action
Former lifeguard who rejected redeployment as traffic warden loses discrimination claim
Labour Court finds Edward Bourke was not subject to less favourable treatment by Kilkenny County Council
Three creche operators initiate judicial review proceedings over minimum pay levels
If the group is successful, it would mean increases to minimum rates would not be binding on operators
Siptu seeks engagement with Glen Dimplex as 51 jobs to go in Newry
Company is engaged in ongoing restructuring of its operations
Firefighter overpaying mortgage due to fears over effects of pension gap
Aisling Buffini (35) faces mandatory retirement at 62 but cannot draw full pension until 66 due to reforms made in 2013
Remote working: ‘I will overdeliver because I know this is a privilege’
Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working
Strike action at Carroll’s meats suspended for talks
More than 100 production line workers had taken industrial action
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