Major meeting planned for Sligo to address pension payments
The National President of retired SIPTU members has urged the current government to honour commitments made in relation to pension payments that were first made more than twenty five years ago. A public meeting in relation to pension payments will take place in the Southern Hotel in Sligo tomorrow…
Number on PUP payments increase in North West
There’s been a huge increase in the number of people in the north west receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in the past week — but it still remains far below what it was in the midst of the pandemic last year. Almost 24,000 people in the region are due…
Nurses falling asleep at the wheel due to lack of sleep an ongoing issue says Sligo based honorary SIPTU President
The Sligo-based president of SIPTU is calling for something to change when it comes to number of nurses that have died in accidents on the roads. Just two weeks ago, Kerrie Browne was killed, with Gardai claiming she fell asleep at the wheel after working a night shift in the…
Sligo man reelected as SIPTU Honorary President
A local HSE worker has been re-elected as the SIPTU Honorary President for the second time running. Sligo based Padraig Peyton, who was first elected in 2017, and the first ever SIPTU Honorary president, was voted in at the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Confernce last week. As well as bringing union…
SIPTU support workers are on strike across the region today
Almost 400 support staff are on strike at Sligo University Hospital today. SIPTU members are out in force in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals this afternoon over a pay dispute. Patients can expect disruptions to a wide variety of services including surgeries, inpatient and outpatient procedures. The dispute centres on…