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According to Connect, apprentices are being forced to work for below the minimum wage and face long delays in their courses

Apprentices being 'exploited as cheap labour' - union

Craft apprentices are being exploited as cheap labour by some employers, according to the Connect trade union.

The union said individual companies cannot make this move on their own

Connect calls for minimum wage for apprentices

Connect trade union has called on the Government to immediately end the exclusion of apprentices from a statutory right to be paid the minimum wage of €10.50 per hour due to poverty wages increasingly forcing workers out of a career in the crafts.

Business • 01 Dec 22

The dispute is focused on work practice change proposals

DAA reserves right to sue Unite over strike ballot

Dublin and Cork airport operator, DAA, has said it reserves its right to take legal action against the Unite trade union, if it does not adhere to existing resolution procedures to resolve a dispute over work practice changes.

Business • 25 Aug 21

The report calls for services such as waste collection to be returned to councils

Push for councils to retake control of services

Public service unions have launched a campaign to boost the powers of local government and to bring privatised services back under the control of local authorities.

Ireland • 27 Mar 19

Workers being forced to be self-employed is 'rampant' in construction industry, according to Connect

Bogus self-employment costing State €300m, says union

A union representing around 40,000 craft workers has called for immediate Government action to stamp out bogus self-employment which it estimates is costing the state €300 million a year.

Ireland • 06 Oct 18

Connect represents 21 out of 25 crafts on a building site

Union targets bogus self-employment in construction

A new 45,000-strong construction union called Connect has pledged to do whatever it takes to eliminate what it described as the "scourge" of bogus self-employment in the building industry.

Business • 17 Jan 18