Marking the 29 September European Trade Union Confederation day of action in Ireland

international | workers issues | event notice Wednesday September 08, 2010 13:40 by Spartacus

As you may already be aware, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European wide umbrella to which ICTU is affiliated, has named Wednesday 29 September as the date for European wide action under the title 'No to Austerity - Priority for Jobs and Growth'. See http://www.etuc.org/a/7407 for details on their website.

You will see from the link that a major protest is planned for Brussels that day and in terms of local actions a general strike will be taking place in Spain. It is likely that most other national trade union confederations who were party to the ETUC decision in naming this date will observe it with actions in their own country. For all the reasons that the CPSU officially endorsed the recent June Europe wide week of action against the cuts and bailouts initiated by Joe Higgins and other left MEPs, we feel international initiatives like this are a vital part of the fightback we need.

ICTU have decided to go for a protest at lunch time at the back of the Dáil.

A room is booked in the Teachers Club for Thursday at 7pm to discuss joint work the left and trade union activists can undertake for 29th September.