SIPTU calls for public support ahead of industrial action at Carroll Cuisine in Tullamore

The trade union SIPTU has called for support for its members in Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore, who will commence industrial action at the end of this week.

SIPTU said the workers are seeking to achieve the right to collectively bargain, it and warned of similar action "in all workplaces where employers fail to engage meaningfully" with the union.

Addressing more than 300 delegates at the SIPTU Biennial Delegate Conference in Galway, SIPTU Deputy General Secretary for the private sector, Greg Ennis, said: "Private sector workers, pay their taxes, have cost of living, health care, and housing challenges, but do not have the benefit of collective bargaining and are being discriminated against in my opinion.

"In an Ireland of 2025, this is unacceptable, and it should be a wake-up call for all trade unions."

Highlighting the dispute at Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore, Ennis, said: "We will commence industrial action later this week in an attempt to achieve the right to collectively bargain and this will set the tone moving forward, when employers fail to engage meaningfully with SIPTU."

SIPTU announced last Friday that the industrial action at Carroll's Cuisine would commence with two 12-hour work stoppages this Sunday, November 16, and Monday, November 17, both commencing at 7am.