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 cost…
Sean Kelly is due to be re-appointed as an ESB Worker Director with effect from tomorrow. Sean was successfully nominated as one of the four Worker Directors. Sean is the current STSS for HVD&C South based in Newcastle West. He joined the ESB in 1997 as an apprentice, worked in D&CS until 2012 when…
Nominations of Candidates for Election as Elected Representatives to the Industrial Council (ESB) Dear Colleague Set out below is schedule for the Election of Elected Representatives for ESB Industrial Council which is self-explanatory. Action Due Date Latest date for amendments to Roll/finalisation of Electoral Roll – Returned to B. McCudden. 31…
Re: ESB Worker Director Elections 2018 The term of office of the current ESB Worker Directors expires this year (2018). An election will take place by ESB in October / November 2018 to elect Worker Directors for the new term of office. We are therefore asking that Connect Trade Union Branches take nominations for the…
We are very saddened by the sudden death of our esteemed retired colleague Bro. Finbarr Dorgan. Finbarr was a Full Time Official with the Union for almost 30 years, previously with NEETU and then the TEEU, until his retirement in 2009. Our sincere condolences are with Finbarr’s family and friends at this very sad time.…
Connect Trade Union has secured pay increases for the Industry from 1st March 2018, as contained in the link below. Mechanical Industry – Rates of Pay In order to continue to build on the progress we have made on rates of pay and terms & conditions we must make sure every worker on site is…
Connect Trade Union has secured pay increases for the Industry from 31st March 2018, as contained in the link below. Electrical Contracting Industry – Rates of Pay In order to continue to build on the progress we have made on rates of pay and terms & conditions we must make sure every worker on site…
Ireland’s Union for Sheetmetal Workers wants to hear what you have to say. Since October 2017 most Contractors have increased rates of pay on foot of the Construction Sectoral Employment Order coming into effect. So what about “travel time”, “Pension” and other conditions of employment? Do we need to look at a Sectoral Employment Order…
Members of the Bord na Móna (BNM) Group of Unions in the company’s peat briquette production facility in Littleton, County Tipperary, have voted 94% in favour of proposed redundancy terms in a ballot counted this evening (Thursday, 8th February). Bord na Móna Group of Unions Secretary and SIPTU Organiser, John Regan, said: “The redundancy terms…
Irelands largest Craft Union warns Mechanical, Electrical and Construction employers that new Sectoral Employment Orders will only offer Industrial peace on sites where they are applied in conjunction with existing National Collective Employment Agreements. In response to Minister Breen’s acceptance of the Labour Court recommendation for the Mechanical Sector Employment Order, which must go before…