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Eamon Devoy said the move will create a new, enlarged union

5,500 UCATT members to merge with TEEU

5,500 members of a British-based construction union are to join the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, bringing the TEEU's membership to over 45,000.

News • 24 Jun 16

The Intel project is one of the largest construction projects in Ireland

TEEU lodges claim for €30m in bonuses

One of Ireland's largest unions, which is representing craft workers on the Intel site, has lodged a claim for up to €30m in completion bonuses known as Payment in Lieu Of Notice payments.

News • 24 Nov 14

The union said that after seven years of hardship that workers should get their just reward

TEEU seeks 5% pay increase for workers

The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, which represents around 40,000 workers, is to mount a campaign to secure pay rises of at least 5% in both the public and private sectors.

News • 02 Jan 15

Unions say bonuses should be restored with immediate effect

No sign of breakthrough in Roadstone dispute

A strike at construction company Roadstone Woods has entered its second week with no sign of a breakthrough that could end the industrial action.

News • 23 Jun 14

SIPTU members also voted in favour of the proposals

TEEU workers accept Bausch + Lomb cuts

Members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union employed at Bausch & Lomb have voted to accept the company's proposals to retain the plant in Waterford.

News • 18 Jun 14

The company had originally sought 200 redundancies and 20% pay cuts

Bausch + Lomb workers given final position paper

The owners of the Bausch + Lomb plant in Waterford have presented workers with a final position paper.

News • 12 Jun 14

The Kerry Group said 700 people are employed in the Shillelagh factory

Technicians protest at Kerry Foods factory

Technicians at Kerry Foods in Shillelagh in Co Wicklow are picketing outside the plant in a dispute over new working conditions.

News • 21 May 14

Arthur Hall, of the TEEU, said the dispute has been ongoing over the past few weeks

Sit-in protest by technicians at Kerry Foods plant

Technicians at the Kerry Foods plant in Shillelagh in Co Wicklow are holding a sit-in protest following the suspension of a colleague today in a dispute over new working conditions.

News • 20 May 14

Both sides will notify the LRC of their position tomorrow

Electricians' strike likely to be averted

The threatened nationwide electricians' strike looks set to be averted after employers and the TEEU union agreed settlement proposals at the LRC.

News • 13 Feb 14

Electricians voted for industrial action in pursuit of outstanding pay rise

TEEU pay dispute referred to LRC

Talks between electricians' union the TEEU and employers are to take place on Thursday in a bid to avert a nationwide strike in two weeks.

News • 10 Feb 14

Eamon Devoy said employers want further pay cuts despite an improving economy

Electricians to strike over pay dispute

TEEU electricians are to begin a nationwide strike from Monday 24 February in a dispute over pay.

News • 10 Feb 14

Eamon Devoy said electricians are seeking a 4.9% pay rise from electrical contractors

TEEU warns of industrial action by electricians

Multinational companies including Intel could face pickets from 24 February as electricians ballot for nationwide industrial action over pay, according to the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union.

News • 30 Jan 14

The TEEU is concerned about what might emerge at tomorrow's meeting

Concerns over Lufthansa Technik Airmotive jobs

Unions have expressed concern for over 400 jobs at the Lufthansa Technik Airmotive plant in Rathcoole, Co Dublin after staff were summoned to a general meeting tomorrow.

News • 14 Nov 13