{"id":1200,"date":"2020-09-18T17:01:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/absence-of-sick-pay-in-siptu-agreement-with-meat-industry-is-disappointing\/"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:01:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:01:48","slug":"absence-of-sick-pay-in-siptu-agreement-with-meat-industry-is-disappointing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/absence-of-sick-pay-in-siptu-agreement-with-meat-industry-is-disappointing\/","title":{"rendered":"Absence of sick pay in SIPTU agreement with meat industry is disappointing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats TD for Cork South-West and party spokesperson for Agriculture, Holly Cairns, has expressed concern that the agreement reached today between Meat Industry Ireland and SIPTU on safety protocols for workers in meat plants does not include provision for sick pay.<\/p>\n<p>Holly said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of this agreement is to suppress Covid-19 infections in factories and it contains long overdue measures, including serial testing of meat plant workforces, mandatory PPE and stringent hygiene controls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeedless to say, this should have happened months ago. The outbreaks in meat plants have been some of the worst clusters, which have had serious impacts on workers and local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also welcome the establishment of worker\/employer forums to ensure full compliance and address issues as they arise \u2013 this sector needs considerably more transparency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it is disappointing that the agreement does not include sick pay for workers. We know from experience that this puts people at risk. Those who can\u2019t get sick pay are considerably less likely to come forward if they are experiencing symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other countries there has been a ban on subcontracting \u2013 so why isn\u2019t Ireland taking the same approach? Why does Meat Industry Ireland continue to get away with treating people so badly? Why isn&#8217;t the Government intervening?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been another outbreak in a plant \u2013 this time in Waterford \u2013 and yet again it hasn\u2019t been closed. We\u2019ve seen entire counties closed as a result of this in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all paying a high price for the meat industry\u2019s shortcomings and Government inaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 18, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats TD for Cork South-West and party spokesperson for Agriculture, Holly Cairns, has expressed concern that the agreement reached today between Meat Industry Ireland and SIPTU on safety protocols for workers in meat plants does not include provision for sick pay. 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