Agri-Business
SIPTU has completed two work stoppages at Carroll's Cuisine, and has already planned further stoppages for later this week.
Workers at Carroll's Cuisine who are members of trade union SIPTU will hold two work stoppages later this month.
SIPTU confirmed strike action at Carroll’s Cuisine has been postponed after management at the Offaly meat plant agreed to enter into talks.
Rural Life
The Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon has been urged to intervene in a dispute over an animal charity in Co. Donegal.
Trade union SIPTU said it willing to help develop a new Safe Pass programme for farmers in a bid to further improve farm safety.
Politicians, including a senior government minister, are urging Kerry Agribusiness to engage with five drivers who remain on the picket line.
A strike involving five Kerry Agribusiness drivers and SIPTU representatives at Kerry Group headquarters in Tralee has entered a second day.
Five Kerry Agribusiness drivers and representatives from SIPTU have today commenced strike action at Kerry Group headquarters in Tralee.
Five SIPTU members employed by Kerry Agribusiness, a division of Kerry Group, are due to begin a campaign of strike action tomorrow.
Dairy
SIPTU will meet with Lakeland Dairies in an attempt to avoid the closure of the latter's facilities in Co. Monaghan.
SIPTU has said that statutory sick pay legislation is a "small step in the right direction" when it comes to meat factory workers.
SIPTU has said it is "appalled but not surprised" by an Garda-led operation targeting the employment of illegal immigrants at a meat factory.
SIPTU representatives have called on the government to reconsider its opposition to a bill which,...
Representatives of trade union SIPTU have said that they will look to build on the proposals contained in the new Sick Leave Bill 2021.
Members of trade union SIPTU at Kerry Group have called on its management to attend negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Members of trade union SIPTU are seeking a ban on agencies providing workers to the meat industry so as to ensure direct employment.
One year ago, trade union SIPTU says it "set out its stall", as its concerns grew over Covid-19 spreading within meat processing plants.
Trade union SIPTU has questioned "the accuracy of the numbers of infections" among workers in meat plants disclosed by the industry.
Beef
SIPTU has called on the government to immediately introduce key changes relating to workplace safety in the meat processing industry.
SIPTU said it wants "faster implementation" of recommendations made by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response for the meat industry.
SIPTU has joined unions across Europe to call on negotiators of a new free trade agreement to "prioritise the interests of working people".
Agri Politics
Trade union SIPTU has said it supports the bill that seeks to give meat plant workers in Ireland a legal right to sick pay.
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) said it has reached agreement with SIPTU on a detailed code of practice to protect staff from Covid-19.
