Union set to picket Coca-Cola centres over outsourcingPICKETS ARE expected to be placed at Coca-Cola’s main distribution centres around the country from tomorrow in a row over out…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Unions to meet on threat to out-of-hours pay and benefitsUNIONS REPRESENTING staff in the public sector who provide around-the-clock services are to hold talks on a common approach to…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
LRC mediates in medical card disputeTHE LABOUR Relations Commission (LRC) has intervened in the row between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and trade union Impact…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Key decisions on public sector facing Government and unionsANALYSIS : Public sector reform is based on a “more for less” principle at a time of increasing demand on servicesTue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Union call to appoint mediator in dispute rejectedREACTION: THE GOVERNMENT has no plans to appoint a mediator to try to bring about a settlement to the dispute involving pharmacists…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
HSE outlines threats of violence and verbal abuseTHE HEALTH Service Executive has said that a number of threats of violence have been made against locum pharmacists working in…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Numbers covered by private health insurance falling - reportTHE NUMBERS covered by private health insurance are falling and the decline is likely to accelerate, the regulator has told the…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Minimum wage not second best in Europe, report findsTHE MINIMUM wage in Ireland is not as generous in relative terms compared to other countries when it was adjusted to reflect …Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
HSE says protesting pharmacists intimidated its staffTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has made a complaint to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), regulator for the pharmacy…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
HSE contingency plan failed first test, claim pharmacistsPHARMACISTS HAVE said that contingency arrangements put in place by the Health Service Executive to dispense drugs and medicines…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Siptu leader sees no potential for deal on social partnershipTHE LEADER of the country’s largest trade union has said he considers that there is now no potential for concluding a social …Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Lowry in on Doncaster deal, new letter claimsMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: A NORTHERN Ireland businessman claimed in a letter written in 2002 that the former minister Michael Lowry…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Moriarty receives new property filesThe Moriarty tribunal has said it has received 170 pages of documents in relation to property deals in the UK, some of which …Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Pharmacists may face drug scheme delays, warns HSETHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told pharmacists planning to withdraw from the State community drug schemes in a row over…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Pharmacists claim HSE list is 'totally inaccurate'PHARMACISTS HAVE maintained that a list of pharmacy outlets which the Health Service Executive has said will continue to dispense…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
Only 277 civil servants set to go under early retirement schemeA TOTAL of 277 civil servants, including two assistant secretaries, are to leave under the Government’s new incentivised early…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
762 pharmacists to withdraw from drugs schemeTHE HEALTH Service Executive has said that more than 850 pharmacies around the country will continue to dispense medicines under…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Cowen signals publication of An Bord Snip reportTHE TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has signalled that the report of An Bord Snip will be published.Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
HSE plans to establish alternative pharmaciesTHE CHIEF executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Prof Brendan Drumm has asked local health service managers to provide…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Taoiseach urges end to disputeTaoiseach Brian Cowen has said the current dispute involving electricians in the electrical contracting sector “reflects little…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
'Nonsense' to link wage cuts with national competitivenessTHE ASSISTANT general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu), Sally Anne Kinahan, has criticised as “utter nonsense…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Cutbacks are confining some elderly patients to bed - INOICTU CONFERENCE: THE IRISH Nurses Organisation (INO) has said that some elderly patients are having to remain in bed all day …Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Devoy hails support for electriciansThe general secretary–designate of the electricians' union, the TEEU, has said it has received an extraordinary level of support…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Talks to end strike by electricians continueTALKS WERE continuing last night at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in an attempt to bring to an end a strike involving…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
McGuinness says workers must not pay for recessionICTU CONFERENCE: THE RECESSION cannot and must not be used as an excuse to drive down the terms and conditions of employment…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Electricians and contractors to hold discussions todayElectricians dispute: ELECTRICIANS AND representatives of electrical contractors will today hold talks at the Labour Relations…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Welfare and minimum wage cuts go against 'decency'BEGG ADDRESS: CUTTING THE minimum wage and basic welfare rates would cross a threshold of decency that should not be crossed…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Labour Party says it backs bargaining rights for workersIctu conference: THE LEADER of the Labour Party, Eamon Gilmore, has said that in government his party would introduce legislation…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Jobs and economy to dominate Ictu conferenceWHEN THE trade union movement last met collectively in conference two years ago former taoiseach Bertie Ahern infamously wondered…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Both sides in electricians' strike to attend LRCBoth sides in the electricians' strike have agreed to enter talks at the Labour Relations Commission tomorrow.Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Gilmore pledges collective bargainingThe leader of the Labour Party Eamon Gilmore has said that in government it would introduce legislation to provide for collective…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Ictu backs striking electriciansThe president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Patricia McKeown has said that it fully supported the strike by electricians…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Electricians to begin picketing building sites todayELECTRICIANS ARE expected to place pickets at around 240 locations around the country today as part of a strike over pay increases…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Siptu responds to injunction on picketersTHE TRADE union Siptu said that it will respond today in the High Court to an injunction granted last week to a company operating…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
All-out electricians' strike soughtThe union representing electricians said today it would apply to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) for an all-out strike…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Picketed port firm secures order to stop obstructionsA COMPANY operating port facilitates at Dublin Port yesterday secured an interim ex-parte injunction to prevent picketers from…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Talks to avert bus strike adjournedTALKS AIMED at averting a threatened strike at Bus Éireann over the introduction of controversial cost-saving proposals have …Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
New talks to avert strike by 10,500 electricians over payFURTHER TALKS aimed at resolving a threatened strike by more than 10,500 electricians from next week are expected to take place…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
LRC calls electricity row talksThe Labour Relations Commission (LRC) has convened talks for tomorrow to attempt to resolve the electrical contracting dispute…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
HSE to lay off 1,000 temporary staffABOUT 1,000 HSE staff working on short-term or temporary contracts are to lose their jobs.Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Public sector union warns of need to resist threat to pay and pensionsTHE COUNTRY’S largest public sector trade union has warned members that there is an emerging threat to their pay, pensions and…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
HSE outlines plans for cutsAround 100 nurses currently working on temporary contracts with the Health Service Executive are among those who are expected…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Call for State cash to stop job losses in meat industryTHE TRADE union Siptu has said that there is now no chance of preserving the 100 jobs at the boning hall at Meadow Meats in Rathdowney…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Electricians may be put on protective noticeELECTRICIANS FACE being placed on protective notice if a planned strike at up to 200 major construction sites goes ahead next…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Siptu warns of further job lossesThe trade union Siptu has said that there is now no chance of preserving the 100 jobs at the boning hall at Meadow Meats in Rathdowney…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Major plan to redeploy civil servants as services reallocatedTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance is proposing a major redeployment of staff within Civil Service departments and, if necessary, between…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Minister accuses CPSU of blocking initiative to speed up welfare claimsMINISTER for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin has accused the Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU) of intransigence and…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
EU takes Ireland to court over VHI's lack of complianceTHE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Ireland to court for failing to implement an adequate regulatory regime to oversee State-owned…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Bus Éireann strike action averted as sides agree to talksTHE THREAT of industrial action at Bus Éireann from next week has been averted following the intervention of the Labour Relations…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Bus Éireann queries union's mandate for industrial actionMANAGEMENT AT Bus Éireann has questioned whether the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) has a valid mandate to engage in planned…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
