The largest public sector trade union in the country is to seek a return to the working hours for civil servants that were in place before the financial crisis.

The US supreme court has ruled that government workers cannot be forced to contribute to unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organised labour in America.

President Michael D Higgins has said that the continued success and existence of the trade union movement will decide whether the dignity of labour is upheld not only in the work-setting but in society.

Ireland is one of just two countries in Europe that reportedly fails to offer mothers ‘decently-paid’ maternity leave.

Middle ranking Gardaí say they will escalate their campaign if their call for pay restoration falls on deaf ears.

C&C has been urged by trade unions to find a buyer for one of Britain’s oldest cider plants.

Irish Rail has said it hopes talks with trade unions next week will help to avoid threatened train strikes.

The Low Pay Commission officially launches its report today amid controversy over a reported recommendation to increase the national minimum wage.

Danish trade unions have said they would launch action at airports from which Ryanair flies that would effectively stop its services after they said the airline refused to sign up to national collective agreements.

Trade unions involved in the Right2Water campaign are gathering in Dublin this morning to launch an alternative economic framework.

Dunnes Stores staff have called on members of the public to join them and the wider trade union movement today as they march to the company’s head office in Dublin to demand fairer working conditions.

Chances of the new public service pay agreement being passed by the trade union movement have been given a major boost after the executives of two of the largest unions recommended their members back the proposals.

Trade unions have been warned by the Government that it could act unilaterally and formulate its own method of pay restoration to public servants if agreement cannot be reached through negotiation.

Trade unions have welcomed draft legislation from the Government that will allow them to represent members at the Labour Court even where employers refuse to recognise them for collective bargaining purposes.

The trade union representing mid-ranking civil servants has said its members will withhold any further productivity in order to secure a restoration of pay in talks beginning next month.

Trade unions representing residential staff looking after children, the elderly and others have lodged an official complaint with the European Commission over excessive working hours.