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 Tuesday July 16, 2002 17:54 by Working Class Action - WCA workingclassaction at eircom dot net
 March in Dublin on Saturday 20th Support the Irish Glass Bottle Workers March: Saturday 20th July 12 noon - Assemble at Liberty Hall Support Irish Glass Bottle Workers The Irish Glass Bottle Company (IGB) was officially closed down by the management on the 5th of July with almost 400 jobs lost. The workers are continuing their fight for decent redundancy payments with an occupation of the plant, pickets, etc. The Company was a traditional Dockland employer. Many of those who lost their jobs lived locally in Ringsend, but some also came from East Wall and the North side of the river. In the weeks leading up to the closure the workers had held a sit-in at the plant. At this stage there was no question of their jobs being saved - it was obvious that management were going to shut the plant no matter what - this was simply a demand for reasonable redundancy payments. The Labour Court has recommended five weeks pay per year of service. The company has refused to pay this, instead only offering a half-week pay per year. (If any group of workers rejected a Labour Court recommendation in this way they would be condemned by the media and politicians. With a few notable exceptions these are strangely silent now). This dispute is simply about workers demanding their rights, to be treated with the respect they deserve in opposition to greedy businessmen with their own agenda. What is the company’s agenda? IGB is part of the multinational Ardagh Plc. Ardagh is hugely successful and profitable, it made a trading profit of 37.5 million euro in the year ending 31st Dec 2000. At the same time as the closure of the Ringsend plant was being planned the company was buying up plants in England, Scotland and Italy. In Italy they bought a glass factory, Consumers Glass in Teramo, for Euro 3m. One of the plants in England closed down only to re-open with non-union staff. The stated financial reasons for the closure in Ringsend are lies. The IGB site is amongst the most valuable land in the country. The business men responsible for Ardagh, and their political cronies, have some plans for this area. These will undoubtedly become apparent in the near future. Recent tribunals and scandals have shown that this class of people is always scheming in the background, with no regard for who suffers from their actions. Recycling? What the workers want They are asking for your support - Support the Irish Glass Bottle Workers On both sides of the Liffey, be it the Anti-Community Spencer Dock Development or the Anti-Worker IGB management, ordinary people are being forced to suffer because of the greedy few. Issued by: |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6Lets make this a big one! Maybe we can tie this in with the SIPTU official Paul Hansard who was arrested by Santry pigs and the other Dublin Tunnel Port construction Workers who were threatened and abused by the Garda because they are on Strike and are Picketing the enterances to the tunnel in support of a disciplined colleague. Sorry don't have any more news on this at the moment. As soon as I hear anything I'll let you'se know. Have to rush off to a 20TH anniversary 'do' for the Ballymun Echo Community Newspaper in Ballymun.
who is working class action? is it socialist??
Working Class Action is an alliance of socialist, republican and community activists.
We have come together to promote our belief in working class independence.
We believe this can only be achieved by collective political action by communities themselves.
Or has RA in Ireland disbanded after disagreements with the British RA over the nature of cheerleading the Adams/Mc Guinness leadership of Sinn Fein? There is a similar group who have stood candidates in Britain.
Working Class Action includes some people who were in Red Action, and some who were not.
Red Action has not existed in Ireland since 1996.
Working Class Action is not the same as the IWCA in Britain, though there may be a crossover in some ideas and organisational methods, etc.
Anything to do with the North?