Connect Trade Union have moved to new Offices in Limerick
Connect Trade Union Offices in Limerick have now changed and are located in the IMPACT Building, 30/36 Roxboro Road, Limerick. The main telephone number for same is 061 316810
Connect Trade Union Notice of Special Branch Meetings
Limerick No.1 Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 7.30 pm on Thursday 24th November at our offices in the Impact Building, 30/36 Roxboro Road, Limerick. Nominations for Branch Committee members will be taken at the meeting to serve for the period 2017/2018. The Cork Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place…
Over 5,000 members of British based UCATT union working in Ireland to merge with Connect Trade Union
Ninety per cent of UCATT members vote for merger with Connect Trade Union The General Secretary of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, Eamon Devoy, has welcomed the decision by UCATT’s 5,500 members in the Republic to merge with it through a transfer of engagements. Ninety per cent of UCATT members voted for the transfer.…
Connect Trade Union Condemns Commission for Energy Regulations Decision on ETCI
The Executive and General Secretary Condemns Commission for Energy Regulations (CER) Decision on ETCI. Eamon Devoy, General Secretary has written to the CER over their decision on the future of Electro Technical Council of Ireland (ETCI). As all electricians will know, the ETCI, heretofore supplied the certification forms for all Electrical Installations. More importantly, The…
Connect Trade Union Ireland’s largest Craft Union elects new General Secretary Designate
Paddy Kavanagh, the South-East Regional Secretary of the Connect Trade Union has been elected General Secretary Designate to succeed Eamon Devoy as leader of Ireland’s largest craft union. He will take up office as General Secretary from July 24th, 2016. Speaking after the Executive Council at the weekend where the election result was announced, Mr…
Connect Trade Union & SIPTU Local Authority Water Workers vote of Industrial Action
SIPTU and Connect Trade Union local authority members working under the management of Irish Water have today picPatKav(Friday, 20th November) overwhelmingly voted for industrial action to prevent the privatisation of the public water service. Last month, Irish Water said that it intended reduce the local authority workforce in the company by up to 1500 by…
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) standing with people of Paris
The European Trade Union Confederation, representing 90 trade union organisations in 39 countries, said it stood with the people of Paris at this terrible, frightening time. Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the ETUC, said “We are with the families and loved ones of the victims, with the workers dealing with these murderous attacks, and with…
Connect Trade Union warns Government on start of National Industrial Action if no movement on Apprentices’ Fees
The General Secretary of the Connect Trade Union, Eamon Devoy, has warned that, “in the absence of any satisfactory Government response to our repeated representations for the removal of student service charges on apprentices we will be undertaking industrial action across the manufacturing sector, beginning with a national one day strike on Monday, November 2nd.…
Connect Trade Union to Call One Day Strike In Manufacturing Industry
The Connect Trade Union is in the process of serving notice of a one day national strike for November 2nd on manufacturing plants across the country where employers are refusing to pay student service charges for apprentices attending Institutes of Technology. These charge range from €913 to €2,750. The vast majority of apprentices only attend…