New Pay Increases Have Been Agreed for the Electrical Contracting Industry Rates have been agreed and are as follows: New Rates from 1st October 2023 New Rates from 1st June 2024 Increase of 2.7% Increase of 2.7% Electrician (5 Years service) €26.42 €27.14 Electrician (4 Years service) €26.30 €27.01 Electrician (3 Years service) €26.13 €26.84…
IMPORTANT NOTICE RE: BALLOT ON PAY INCREASE PROPOSAL Following a ballot of Connect Trade Union members the proposal on an additional pay increase for 2023 and another increase in 2024 has been accepted (96% in favour of acceptance). We will now confirm the outcome with the WRC/ENJIC and the Employer Bodies to ensure the increase…
The Statutory Instrument 229 of 2023 in relation to the new Registered Employment Agreement for the Overhead Powerline Industry which was signed off by Neale Richmond, Minister of State for the Dept of Enterprise Trade and Employment on the 11th May, 2023. To View Full Agreement Please Click Here
Please that that there a Vacant Clerical Position our Cork Office. For further information on same and details of how to apply please click on Link Below Advert Vacancy Clerical Position Cork Office Paddy Kavanagh, General Secretary. 15th March 2023.
Nominations are invited from members for Scholarships to Gaeltacht Colleges. Members should print and fill in the application form and return it to your branch for endorsement. The Executive Council have agreed to make 30 half-scholarships available. Members are asked to note that the amount reimbursable in respect of a Scholarship is half the…
The recently negotiated pay proposals have been accepted in an aggregate ballot conducted by the DAA Group of Unions. The outcome was of the ballot was 94% in favour of the proposals.
Following an application to the Labour Court to register an agreement for the Overhead Powerline Industry and in accordance with the requirements of Section 8 (4) of the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2015 Connect Trade Union is hereby publicly displaying the Agreement in its entirety. Please note that any objection to the registration of the…
A coalition of trade unions today (Thursday 27th October) launched the ‘Keep Water Public’ campaign, which calls on the Government to confirm a date for a constitutional referendum on the public ownership of water services. The campaign is supported by SIPTU, Fórsa, Unite, Connect and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. ICTU president and Fórsa…
Management and Government Urged to Work With Unions to Secure Jobs Trade unions Unite and Connect, which represent workers at the Drogheda magnesia plant Premier Periclase, have welcomed the news that the European Commission last week approved a scheme of supports for companies facing liquidity and energy-cost challenges, as provided for by the Commission’s Temporary…
Premier Periclase: Government must intervene to save jobs Spiralling energy costs driving closure of Drogheda magnesia plant Energy Support Taskforce urgently needed Trade unions Unite and Connect, which represent workers at the Drogheda magnesia plant Premier Periclase, have written to the Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Employment and Trade, Leo Varadkar, asking him intervene to…