[…]Campaign, it must be done through USI, who are registered. Congress mandates USI Officer Board: To run a Voter Registration Campaign every September/October, to provide help to CO’s running Voter Registration Campaigns, to make officers available on the ground to COs, and to approve all CO information etc for any Voter Registration Campaign. 11 NA 3 An Ghaeilge don Ardteistiméireacht Aithníonn an chomhdháil: Go bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ábhar éigeantach don Ardteistiméireacht faoi láthair Aithníonn an chomhdháil ar lean: Go bhfuil roinnt fadhbanna ann leis an curaclam mar atá sé agus roinnt moltaí ar conas gur féidir linn é a […]
[…]they’ve had enough. USI President Joe O’Connor said: “The message to Minister Reilly today is loud and clear; change the starting salary level back to €26,000 for newly graduated nurses. This drop in starting salary is actively encouraging young graduate nurses to emigrate. Our hospitals need nurses to stay in Ireland to work. Understaffing is already a massive issue in the healthcare sector; conditions need to change now, starting with increasing the starting wage. Everyone has a right to a living wage, especially hard working nurses”. There will be photo opportunities at the launch, with student nurses dressed in scrubs […]
[…]nominations to USI Officerboard positions to be elected at USI Congress 2013 will pass at 5.00pm today, February 7, 2013 after which nominations will not be accepted. The preferred method of nomination is by scanned document on your union’s headed notepaper to elections@usi.ie, with your hard copy to follow. The document should be signed by the president of your union. In addition, faxes will be accepted at the USI 01 447 5081. Transmission time must be before […]
[…]since the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Ireland in 1982. The Union of Students in Ireland renews its calls on Government to invest in the expansion of HIV testing services across Ireland. If we are serious about reversing HIV cases, we need to invest in HIV testing, we must ensure barrier-free access to PrEP and sexual health clinics and services across Ireland with a serious focus on ending HIV-related stigma in Ireland. As Ireland comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we look to the Government’s robust response to the COVID-19 pandemic and urge the Government to commit the same […]
Harmon calls rally for October 8th. The Union of Students in Ireland has today (Wednesday 3 September) launched its pre-budget submission and education policy platform for the coming year. At an event in Temple Bar’s Smock Alley Theatre, the national student movement outlined a wide-ranging set of budget proposals and issued an invitation to members of the Oireachtas to advocate for the improvement of students’ lives. At the heart of the organisation’s pre-budget submission is the pressing need to maintain the level of the student maintenance grant, which has come under pressure in recent years. Speaking ahead of the event, […]
