SIPTU Construction Sector

28/04/2026

SIPTU representative’s joined Workers Memorial this morning for a moving commemoration for -

24/04/2026

In 2025 there was 10 fatalities in Construction - If you are available please join us at this memorial

23/04/2026

12/04/2026

The Government COULD have put together an innovative and progressive package of direct supports.

It COULD have regulated prices and profit margins in the energy sector.

INSTEAD, they opted for regressive tax cuts and subsidies to employers.

Workers abandoned AGAIN by the Government

06/04/2026

The Easter Rising of 1916 would not have happened without our Union.

Under the leadership of James Connolly, the acting general secretary of the ITGWU, the predecessor of SIPTU, was at the very centre of the Rising. Connolly was a driving force behind the planning for the Rising.

By the Spring of 1916, the ITGWU headquarters in Liberty Hall had become a bastion of opposition to British rule. The banner on the building since late 1914 stated that; ‘We Serve Neither King Not Kaiser But Ireland’.

26/03/2026

Workers cannot be expected to carry the burden of this crisis alone.

25/03/2026

📸 Construction AGM in Liberty Hall.

Thanks to all our members and staff for all the progress we’ve made over the last year. There’s plenty more to come and power in a Union!

Beir bua

13/03/2026

Out and about on Construction sites across Dublin this week .siptu.ie

22/02/2026

Sunday Read: An affordability led model IS the way out of the housing crisis 🏘️

High house prices and high rents are not inevitable. They are not some force of nature beyond political control.

They are, ultimately, a political choice.

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