SIPTU Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Full support to striking Ambulance workers

Text of Solidarity leaflet on today’s strike by ambulance workers Solidarity and our TD Ruth Coppinger stand fully behind today’s industrial action by ambulance workers in both SIPTU and UNITE—it is a disgrace that the HSE have waited six years for a

May 12, 2026

GAMA strike 20 years on – when migrant workers struck and won

By Matt Waine This year marks the 20th anniversary of the GAMA Strike – a landmark strike against super-exploitation of Turkish and Kurdish migrant construction workers. For two months, they engaged in determined industrial action against the bosses of their company, GAMA

May 8, 2025

News & Analysis

Fighting low pay and staffing levels: Firefighters take industrial action

By Mick Barry TD Labour Court recommendations are expected to be heavily rejected by retained firefighters across the state next week with a fresh ballot on industrial action to follow. Up to 2,000 SIPTU members will vote on a proposal to increase

Jul 30, 2023

Water workers strike for guarantees over terms and conditions

By Robert Cosgrave In mid-July, over 100 local authority water workers in multiple councils organised in Unite took three days of strike action. The responsibility for this strike lies squarely at the hands of local authority management, who have refused to engage

Jul 17, 2023

Economy·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Cost of living crisis: Trade unions have to act!

By Mick Barry TD “We are looking at three years of high inflation” – AIB Chief Economist Oliver Mangan, Irish Times, 9 March It is becoming increasingly clear that the inflation crisis is going to be around for quite some time. It

May 9, 2022

No cutting of Dublin Bus workers’ annual leave

By Michael O’Brien Dublin Bus management are steamrolling through their policy of enforced annual leave. I was given sight of a list of sixty drivers’ names that has been posted up on the wall in Harristown Garage yesterday, where they are being

Apr 4, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Workplace News

Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act

By Mick Barry TD On Weds 25 March 1,000 workers at Moy Park Portadown walked off the job demanding proper health and safety protections for the workforce. The same day nearly 100 workers at a Larry Goodman meat plant – ABP in

Mar 30, 2020

Health

Non-medical support staff vote for strike action

By Carol Brogan As we go to press, SIPTU have announced 20 June as the day for 24 hour strike by 10,000 non-medical support staff. Health Support Staff voted by 94% in favour of strike action, while separately 97% of HSE hospital

Jun 19, 2019

What kind of trade union movement we need

By Michael O’Brien When the nurses and midwives embarked upon their strike action it was clear that they were not just up against the government, the HSE and a right-wing media. Unfortunately, they effectively found themselves up against the leaderships of other

Mar 2, 2019

News & Analysis

Oppose union busting: Victory to striking paramedics

Ambulance paramedics, advance paramedics and emergency medical technicians are striking today for union recognition and against the Government’s hard line union busting position. NASRA and the PNA are the union of choice for a very substantial bloc of ambulance workers. Some 1,800

Feb 17, 2019

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