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Talks on Irish Rail dispute continue
Justice for Clerys Workers Solidarity Concert with Christy Moore
Christy Moore performs at Clerys solidarity concert in Liberty Hall
Jack O’Connor Presidential speech to Conference
SIPTU President announces union campaign for decent work
SIPTU delegates at Conference
Call for an urgent and wide-ranging fire safety audit of properties
SIPTU security guard members to conduct industrial action at Shell terminal in County Mayo
Failure to end VAT break for non-compliant hospitality sector
Extract from President Michael D Higgins keynote address to Irish Labour History Society Conference
SIPTU agrees deal to bring Dublin Fire Brigade numbers up to safe level
SIPTU Youth - Why Trade Unions Matter
SIPTU calls on Roscommon Leisure Centre board to engage with WRC
Seminar on Brexit
School Bus Driver Representative Retires
SIPTU Radiographers and Radiation Therapists are ready for State Registration
SIPTU Community supporting 72 hour vigil by people with disabilities
Signed Limited Edition Print of James Connolly by Jim Fitzpatrick
SIPTU graduates from the ICTU/UCC Diploma in Adult Learning and Development
BNM unions express disappointment at end of harvesting of peat for energy
Annual Mass for Deceased Members
SIPTU members vote to accept new agreement with Brinks Ireland
Fairshop
Carrickmines tragedy must never be repeated
Budget is mix of positive measures and missed opportunities
The National Living Wage and Alternative Enforcement
2015 European Week for Safety and Health at Work
Palestinian call for protection
Supporting Quality
JLT Home Insurance
One Direct - Car Insurance
Travel Insurance
Taxback
Young Workers Network
SIPTU Basic English Scheme
Larkin Credit Union
Fair Hotel
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Talks on Irish Rail dispute continue
Talks on the dispute in Irish Rail, where industrial action is due to commence on Friday 23rd October continue today.

SIPTU Organiser, Paul Cullen said that despite the marathon all night discussions Irish Rail management has not adequately addressed the issue of past productivity delivered by union members.
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Justice for Clerys Workers Solidarity Concert with Christy Moore

Justice for Clerys Workers Solidarity Concert with Christy Moore

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Christy Moore performs at Clerys solidarity concert in Liberty Hall
Singer Christy Moore played a solidarity concert in Liberty Hall on Friday 16th October, in support of the Clerys workers.


Clerys workers performing on stage with Christy Moore. Photo: Derek Speirs.
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Jack O’Connor Presidential speech to Conference

SIPTU President Jack O’Connor announces union campaign for decent work

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SIPTU President announces union campaign for decent work
SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor, has announced a major campaign against low wages and exploitative work practices and contracts.
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SIPTU delegates at Conference

SIPTU delegates speaking about #ourSIPTU conference

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Call for an urgent and wide-ranging fire safety audit of properties
An urgent and wide-ranging fire safety audit of properties is needed due to the number of serious breaches discovered in buildings across the country, according to SIPTU firefighters.
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SIPTU security guard members to conduct industrial action at Shell terminal in County Mayo
SIPTU members working as security guards at the Shell gas terminal in Bellanaboy, county Mayo, conducted a 12-hour work stoppage on Monday, (19th October) in a dispute related to the unilateral implementation of job losses and reduced hours by the security contractor Senaca Group.

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Failure to end VAT break for non-compliant hospitality sector
The failure of the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, in Budget 2016 to end the preferential VAT rate enjoyed by the hotel and restaurant sector, which includes many businesses exploiting low paid workers has been condemned by SIPTU.
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Extract from President Michael D Higgins keynote address to Irish Labour History Society Conference

President Michael D Higgins - Irish Labour History Society

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SIPTU agrees deal to bring Dublin Fire Brigade numbers up to safe level
SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB), on Friday, 2nd October, accepted Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals on a recruitment plan that will see numbers in the service brought up to safe minimum manning levels within an agreed timeframe.
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SIPTU Youth - Why Trade Unions Matter

Why Trade Unions Matter - SIPTU Youth

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SIPTU calls on Roscommon Leisure Centre board to engage with WRC
SIPTU has called on the board of management of the Roscommon Leisure Centre to respond to a request for its representatives to attend a meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to discuss a dispute concerning workers’ wages.
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Seminar on Brexit


This Seminar will examine the implications of the UK’s renegotiation of its EU membership and the impact of a Brexit for the UK, Ireland and Europe. For Ireland, even if the UK retained access to the Single Market the likely consequences are still significant. While overall Irish exports to the UK for goods and services are 16% to 18% of the total respectively, the indigenous sector, which is labour intensive, is 43% and the agri-food sector is over 50%. Currently, non EU countries in the Single Market do not have free trade in agricultural products, and significant tariffs apply. Even if a free trade agreement was possible in agricultural products, costly customs procedures would apply to all trade. There could be gains in areas such as financial services but the overall impact would be negative for jobs particularly in manufacturing. Also there would be major implications for North/South relations if Scotland were to exit the UK following a Brexit.
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School Bus Driver Representative Retires


Presentation by Joe O'Flynn, SIPTU General Secretary to Margaret Fitzpatrick, school bus driver representative on the occasion of her retirement from the National Committee of Representatives in June 2015.

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SIPTU Radiographers and Radiation Therapists are ready for State Registration

SIPTU Radiographers and Radiation Therapists are ready for State Registration

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SIPTU Community supporting 72 hour vigil by people with disabilities

People with disabilities have a right to live with dignity.

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Signed Limited Edition Print of James Connolly by Jim Fitzpatrick
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SIPTU graduates from the ICTU/UCC Diploma in Adult Learning and Development

Catherine O Malley, WRC, Annette Carpenter, Organising Department and Karan O'Loughlin, National Campaigns and Equality Organiser - first SIPTU graduates from the ICTU/UCC Diploma in Adult Learning and Development who will be putting their skills to use in the Workers College when it is up and running.
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BNM unions express disappointment at end of harvesting of peat for energy
The Bord na Móna Group of Unions has expressed disappointment at the company’s announcement that it is to phase out the harvesting of peat for energy and the lack of consultation with workers concerning the move.
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Annual Mass for Deceased Members
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SIPTU members vote to accept new agreement with Brinks Ireland
SIPTU members working in the cash-in-transit section of Brinks Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new agreement with management on Friday, 1st October.
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Fairshop
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Carrickmines tragedy must never be repeated
 
LibertyHall
The fire that led to the deaths of ten members of the travelling community, including five children, at a halting site was an accident waiting to happen. For decades, travellers in Ireland have been treated like second, or third class, citizens with many hundreds of families forced to live on the side of the road in unhygienic conditions without adequate water, electricity and other basic services.
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Budget is mix of positive measures and missed opportunities
Budget 2016 contains positive measures that will see workers make the first real financial gains from a budget in almost eight years, according to SIPTU researcher, Ger Gibbons.
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The National Living Wage and Alternative Enforcement
 
George Wilson
The surprise announcement in July of plans to introduce a ‘national living wage’ for workers over 25 in the UK has generated much debate. In effect a higher minimum wage for adult workers, the living wage will initially be set at £7.20 per hour and will be reviewed each year by the Low Pay Commission. The current Conservative government, who are responsible for the policy, have made clear their intention to increase the living wage to £9 per hour by 2020. Although this appears to be high, the living wage would still be less than two-thirds of the median wage in the UK.
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2015 European Week for Safety and Health at Work


The 2015 European Week for Safety and Health at Work, a highlight of the ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress Campaign’, started on 19th October. Events are being held across Europe to mark the occasion and put stress and psychosocial risks in the workplace in the spotlight. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and its network of partners aim to get Europe talking about how we can tackle these risks together.

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Palestinian call for protection
Dear Editor,

While the situation in Syria understandably dominates media coverage of the Middle East and domestic tragedies take priority within the national media, there has been a serious escalation in the situation within the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

In the past three weeks, 47 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,500 shot with live fire or steel coated rubber bullets  by the Israeli military.  These include two thirteen years olds, a fifteen year old, a three year old child and a pregnant woman.  Documented  Acts of violence (beatings, shootings, indiscriminate use of live ammunition) are currently being carried out by the Israeli military and heavily armed groups of settlers against the unarmed citizens of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and are unprecedented in the context of the Palestinian/Israel situation.
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