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Boyers workers need respect
SIPTU's Dublin District Council meeting on securing the Union's future
Unions outraged at NUI Galway refusal to attend LRC
Trade Union Day
WRC Advocate appointed to Committee of Investigation into Clerys liquidation
Nominations for the Agricultural Joint Labour Committee
Twenty-seventh Desmond Greaves Annual School 2015
Proposals on an alternative to the USC presented to members across the country
The Rise Foundation
Government must end VAT benefit for hospitality sector
SIPTU Education & Development Support Scheme
EU attempt to force rail privatisation must be opposed
Forum on the Living Wage
Signed Limited Edition Print of James Connolly by Jim Fitzpatrick
Fairshop
Supporting Suicide Awareness – Kathleen Lynn memorial walk
Solidarity with refugees indicates a better Europe is possible
Food Sovereignty and Fair Trade
Supporting Quality
JLT Home Insurance
One Direct - Car Insurance
Travel Insurance
Taxback
Young Workers Network
SIPTU Basic English Scheme
The Inn at Dromoland
Larkin Credit Union
Fair Hotel
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Proposals on an alternative to the USC presented to members across the country

The SIPTU proposals for a progressive alternative to the Universal Social Charge (USC) have been the subject of seminars for union members across the country in recent weeks.

The SIPTU Campaigns Department has presented the case for a Social Solidarity Charge (SSC) to replace the USC to District Council meetings from Cork to Cavan and also several union committees.

Among those delivering the seminars is SIPTU Researcher, Ger Gibbons.

He said: “The yield from the SSC would not go into central exchequer funds. It would be dedicated exclusively to redressing the ongoing social damage caused by the crisis and to addressing the key social challenges now facing Irish society.

“The SSC system would also remove the liability for payment completely from workers earning the living wage, of €11.50 per hour, or less.”

In the weeks up to the Budget in early October the SIPTU Campaigns Department will bring the union’s call for greater tax equality to hundreds more SIPTU members.

For further information on an alternative proposal to the USC click HERE.

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