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SIPTU radiographers from both city hospitals, University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital, have returned a large majority vote for industrial action up to, and including, strike action, in the ongoing dispute over ‘safe staffing levels’.

SIPTU members took to the streets of Galway yesterday (Wednesday) to mark the second day of strike action by care and community sector workers in a long running dispute in which they are seeking their first pay rise in 14 years.

SIPTU supports a recommendation by the independent body set up to examine additional working hours for public servants - that working time in the civil and public service be restored to pre-austerity levels, from July 1, 2022.

There was a huge turnout of long serving union activists and members, that gathered at the event in the lovely spring sunshine for the launch of SIPTU’s Welcome Centre on Moneen Road in Castlebar.

SIPTU members from across the country will attend a rally in Westport, on Saturday, March 4, to show their support for workers who have been on strike at the garage since early February. The strike action results from a dispute concerning the alledged non-payment of redundancy entitlements and a refusal by management to respect a Labour Court recommendation alledge the union.