Siptu warns of strikes if public pay cuts are imposedTHE COUNTRY’S largest union has warned of the likelihood of strikes and civil disruption if the Government imposes cuts in public…Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
Workers at Tara Mines to vote on work practices planABOUT 350 workers at Tara Mines who are members of Siptu are to begin a ballot today on new proposals aimed at ending a dispute…Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
Increase taxes on property and income, says IctuTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has asked the Government to introduce a new 48 per cent income tax band and a new property…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Unions say Eircom should be nationalisedTHE TRADE union movement has urged the Government to renationalise Eircom as a means of facilitating the expansion of broadband…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Department seeks to cut 4,000 health sector jobsTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance has proposed that up to 4,000 health sector staff should go as part of the Government’s planned voluntary…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Unions may forgo increments and unsocial hours payPUBLIC SECTOR unions will consider a deal with the Government on areas such as increments and premium out-of-hours payments in…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Cori calls for tax base to be widenedTHE CONFERENCE of Religious in Ireland (Cori) has said the Government’s economic analysis is “extraordinarily pessimistic” and…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
IMO put €30m price on medical card dealTHE IRISH Medical Organisation (IMO) sought the Government to establish a €30 million compensation fund to assist GPs affected…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Cori proposes seven-year recovery programmeThe Conference of Religious in Ireland (Cori) has said that the Government’s economic analysis is “extraordinarily pessimistic…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Patients wait 480 days for appointmentFigures produced as part of the pilot "HealthStat" programme, which compares performance in different hospitals, show that the…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Senior civil servant offered to take €10,000 pay cutA PRINCIPAL officer in the Civil Service has written directly to the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan offering to take a €10…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Cost audit of disability groupsTHE GOVERNMENT is to review wages and costs in hundreds of non-government agencies and organisations that receive State funds…Sat Jan 03 2009 - 00:00
Union calls for special construction industry levy for dismissed apprenticesTHE TECHNICAL Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) has called on the Government to introduce a special levy on employers in…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Workers at Tile Market stores to be let goSTAFF AT Tile Market stores have been told that the company is to be placed in creditors' voluntary liquidation.Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
HSE and unions agree ways to reduce costsMANAGEMENT AND health sector trade union leaders have agreed methods to cut costs and changes in work practices for up to 100…Tue Dec 30 2008 - 00:00
Dismay over lack of drug savingsTHE PHARMACEUTICAL industry has expressed "disappointment and frustration" that the Government has not managed to secure any …Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Absenteeism in largest hospitals running at 5%ABSENTEEISM IN the country's largest hospitals is running at 5 per cent on average, according to a new report drawn up by the…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Government to seek talks on payTHE GOVERNMENT is expected to issue invitations to the social partners to take part in talks on plans for economic recovery and…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Crunch time for HSE cost-saving talks with unionsTALKS BETWEEN the Health Service Executive (HSE) and health sector trade unions on some of the most extensive cost-containment…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Building workers call on Ictu to suspend talksA KEY group in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has urged the trade union movement to suspend talks with the Government…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Union leader signals pay on talks agendaTHE HEAD of the country's largest public-sector trade union has said "an incomes policy" will undoubtedly form part of the talks…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Reform of HSE payments still soughtTHIS TIME last year the Health Service Executive (HSE) was planning to save about €100 million by introducing a new payment structure…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Hibernian to charge customers €160 Government levyPRIVATE INSURANCE company Hibernian Health has said it is to pass on the cost of the new €160 per adult levy introduced by the…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
IN&M staff asked to take pay freeze or salary reductionUP TO 600 staff working for the Independent News and Media group have been asked to accept a pay freeze or salary reductions …Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Mixed reaction from employers as Cori calls plan lopsidedSOCIAL PARTNERS: THE GOVERNMENT'S new economic recovery plan has been welcomed by some employers but criticised by the Conference…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Ictu to seek increase in national minimum wageTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said that it is to seek an increase in the rate of the national minimum wage.Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
INM staff asked to accept pay cutsUp to 600 staff working for the Independent News and Media group have been asked to accept a pay freeze or salary reductions …Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
Harney says major health cutbacks likely next yearMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has signalled that there will be significant cutbacks in areas of health spending next year if…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Cowen to discuss plan for economy with unionsTAOISEACH Brian Cowen is expected to discuss the Government's new plan to revitalise the economy and restore the public finances…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Hospital consultants told €68m pay rise not guaranteedMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has said that there is no guarantee that about €68 million in salary increases due to hospital…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Cowen to meet unions and employers on public financesTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen is expected to invite unions and employers to a meeting next week to discuss the economy and the deteriorating…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Pay deal is 'lunacy' in light of inflation fall, claims IsmeTHE DRAMATIC fall in the level of inflation showed "the utter lunacy" of the new national pay deal which provides for average…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Aviance staff accept pay cuts in survival packageStaff at the aviation ground-handling company Aviance have voted to accept a survival package involving significant reductions…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Aviance staff to vote on rescue planWORKERS AT aviation ground handling firm Aviance are facing pay cuts of between 15 and 20 per cent as part of a rescue package…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Workers to protest outside Leinster House todayINDUSTRY PROTEST: WORKERS IN the pigmeat industry who have been laid off as a result of the health scare surrounding pork are…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Aviance workers to hold ballot on rescue planWorkers at the aviation ground handling company Aviance are to vote on a rescue plan aimed at saving around 150 jobs.Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
O2 staff vote for action over role of unionSTAFF AT the mobile phone company O2 have voted in favour of industrial action as part of a row over trade union recognition.Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Income thresholds for medical cards confirmedPEOPLE OVER the age of 70 will retain their medical cards if they have a gross weekly income of less than €700 for a single person…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus believes costs deal is viableAER LINGUS believes that the deal reached with union Siptu as an alternative to controversial out-sourcing proposals has proved…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus to consider viability of cost-cutting planAER LINGUS will today set out whether it considers the new deal it has reached with trade union Siptu to be viableThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus believes Sitpu deal 'viable'Aer Lingus believes that the deal reached with the trade union Siptu as an alternative to controversial out-sourcing proposals…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Siptu staff at Aer Lingus back dealSIPTU MEMBERS at Aer Lingus have voted overwhelmingly to accept a package of cost-saving measures at the airline which were drawn…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Harney relaxes rule on operation of pharmaciesMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has removed the rule preventing non-Irish qualified pharmacists from owning, operating or managing…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
HSE redundancy scheme to extend to hospitalsTHE PLANNED voluntary redundancy programme for surplus administrative staff in the Health Service Executive (HSE) will be extended…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus redundancy plan backedTHE DEPARTMENT of Enterprise and Employment is understood to have signalled that a controversial scheme proposed at Aer Lingus…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
Ictu calls on Government to nationalise Irish-owned banksTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has called on the Government to nationalise the main domestically owned banks.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus and Impact reach deal on plan to cut costsIRISH-BASED cabin crew are to continue to operate Aer Lingus transatlantic services under a deal reached between the airline …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Fás workers to be let go without compensationCUTBACKS: THE TRADE union Siptu has said that 46 Fás instructors and six general staff on temporary contracts are to be let …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Changes in work practices needed to save €500mTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told its 110,000 staff that it needs to eliminate between €400 million and €500 million…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Cuts will lead to reduced services - ImpactUNIONS' REACTION: SIGNIFICANT CUTS in staffing levels as part of the Government's public sector reforms would lead to reduced…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
