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MII 'agrees Covid-19 protocol on staff safety' with SIPTU
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) said it has reached agreement with trade union SIPTU on a detailed code of practice to...
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SIPTU: Government 'should be ready' for increasing Covid-19 testing capacity in meat plants
While serial Covid-19 testing has resumed in meat plants this week, trade union SIPTU is still “gravely concerned” about the...
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MII 'refusing to engage and negotiate' on sick pay - SIPTU
Trade union SIPTU has said that Meat Industry Ireland (MII) is “refusing to engage and negotiate” on issues relating to...
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SIPTU 'appalled' by decision to postpone blanket testing in meat plants
Trade union SIPTU has said it is “appalled and extremely concerned” by the decision to postpone serial Covid-19 testing in...
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SIPTU: 'Up to 13,000 jobs could be lost in a very short time' in forestry sector
Trade union SIPTU has called for “immediate action” to resolve problems in the regulatory and licencing system for tree felling...
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MII proposes 'Code of Practice' following talks with SIPTU
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has proposed a “detailed Code of Practice” with the aim of protecting workers in the meat processing...
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'If the worker self-isolated, there would not be a job for them in 2 weeks' - SIPTU
Trade union SIPTU has claimed it is aware of a meat factory worker that was told if they “self-isolated there...
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SIPTU: Do we cherish quality of our food more than safety of our people?
Trade union SIPTU has thrown down the gauntlet to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Covid-19 this morning, Thursday, August 13,...
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Sole trader meat plant workers a 'growing phenomenon'
Meat industry workers operating as sole traders are a “growing phenomenon” in the Irish sector, with such workers not entitled...
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Rosderra Meats workers were 'within rights to take the stand they did' - Cowen
A number of workers at Rosderra Irish Meats left the processing factory in protest on Monday, August 10, after staff...
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'Robust exchange of views' on Covid-19 held between SIPTU and MII
Representatives from trade union SIPTU and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) met today to discuss tackling the problem of Covid-19 clusters...
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SIPTU: 9% of meat industry workforce now diagnosed with Covid-19
The spike of Covid-19 clusters in meat and food processing facilities in recent days “comes as no surprise” to trade...
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SIPTU meat worker members 'angered' by exclusion from Covid-19 committee
The meat industry workers’ division of trade union SIPTU has hit out at being excluded from last week’s Oireachtas Special...
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SIPTU looks to increase pay for meat plant workers in wake of Covid-19
Trade union SIPTU has written to its members among meat plant workers around the country to outline its plans to...
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In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
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Meat industry taskforce needed to 'prevent disastrous situation'
There have been calls for the formation of a collective taskforce of meat industry stakeholders to fight the growing problem...
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SIPTU: 'Some' meat plant employers 'didn't take Covid-19 threat seriously'
Some employers in the Irish meat processing industry took the threat of Covid-19 seriously at the beginning of the coronavirus...
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Calls made for mandatory temperature testing in meat plants
Mandatory temperature testing in meat factories around the country has been called for by one of Ireland’s largest trade unions,...
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SIPTU calls for mandatory temperature testing at meat and dairy plants
Trade union SIPTU is calling for mandatory temperature testing for meat and dairy plant workers, as well as the mandatory...