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national / workers issues / feature Sunday August 09, 2009 - 13:47 by Gregor Kerr
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When a force of 80 – 100 gardai arrived at the Thomas Cooke office in Grafton Street Dublin at 5a.m. on Tuesday 4th August, smashed the door down, and dragged 28 protesting workers off to the Bridewell Garda Station, the Irish state was attempting to deliver a strong message to all workers. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Friday August 07, 2009 - 19:39 by Gary Barrett
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As part of the SIPTU Community Campaign, a protest against the cutbacks in the community sector is being held at 1pm on Parnell Square, Wednesday September 30th. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / workers issues / event notice Friday August 07, 2009 - 12:17 by Limerick Socialist Youth
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Socialist Youth are organising a picket/protest at the Limerick Chambe of Commerce as part of an ongoing campaign against pay cuts and in particular the threats to the minimum wage. As part of our campaign, we have been handing out peanuts to people, arguing that we are not monkeys – we need more than peanuts!. The protest, titled “We Won’t Work for Peanuts” is planned for next Tuesday, August 11th at 1pm outside the Chamber of Commerce on O’Connell St, opposite the White House. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Wednesday August 05, 2009 - 17:24 by Laura
The government, the employers, every element of the establishment in fact is clearly preparing the way for an attack on the (already paltry) minimum wage. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / workers issues / feature Wednesday August 05, 2009 - 07:58 by K.Nikolaisen
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At 5 AM this morning, over 150 Garda took part in an opperation to remove Thomas Cook workers who had occupied the building.They sealed off the street, dragged peaceful demonstrators away from the front door,and smashed their way in with a battering ram. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / workers issues / feature Tuesday August 04, 2009 - 21:29 by Ann-Katrin Orr
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On March 25th workers at Mr. Binman’s Carrick-on-Suir depot in Tipperary were called into a general meeting. The privatized bin company wanted pay cuts of 10% across the board from the workers. The following day workers were called one by one into management offices and told that for them, 10% would not be enough. Wage cuts of 20, 30, 40 or even 49% were demanded. In response, the workers organized a meeting of their own. They quickly learned that, not only were there different pay cuts for different workers – there was also different pay rates, different work hours and different conditions. They decided to fight these pay cuts, and get unionised, joining SIPTU. The company refused to recognize the union, or negotiate with them, and strike notice was served. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / workers issues / feature Tuesday August 04, 2009 - 13:34 by Cian Prendiville
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Element Six/De Beers’ plan to shut their Shannon plant, sacking 370 workers, and move production elsewhere is a disgusting stab in the back of the workers whose hard work has made them billions in profits over the years. After huge sacrifices, including working part time on the promise that this would save jobs, the company now want to pack up and jump ship, with only a pittance of a redundancy. The entire cost of the redundancy scheme to the company is only €6.6m, about one week’s turnover for the factory, according to the Irish Independent! Note: This article was written before management started discussing an "alternative" proposal saving "some" jobs, probably only a stay of execution, and demanding much reduced wages and terms and conditions. Therefore, the need for a fight still very much stands. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / workers issues / event notice Tuesday August 04, 2009 - 09:52 by Gary Mulcahy
A picket will be placed on Thomas Cook this lunchtime to protest against the arrest of 28 Thomas Cook workers who have been occupying their offices in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Sunday August 02, 2009 - 12:49 by Con Carroll
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staff at Thomas Cook, Grafton st, have been occupying, their offices for the last three days. against redundancy. stand in solidarity Monday 3. 10.30. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / news report Friday July 31, 2009 - 16:05 by Darren C
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At 10.00am management from Thomas Cook arrived at shops in Dublin to enforce closure. Members refused and are now occupying the shops. The context to this dispute is a company that seeks to consolidate and increase profits through the closure of more than 100 shops, the closures in Dublin fly in the face of these shops making more than £400 million profit during 2008. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / workers issues / feature Thursday July 30, 2009 - 13:21 by Paddy Hackett
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The Fianna Fail government, by frantically rushing criminal legislation through the Oireachtas, is hoping to exploit "the law and order" issue ... ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / workers issues / news report Tuesday July 28, 2009 - 14:19 by Paula Geraghty
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Communities unite on East link bridge in solidarity with Dublin Port strikers ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / workers issues / press release Friday July 24, 2009 - 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party
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The announcement by Element Six that it is to close its manufacturing base in the Shannon Free Zone has been slammed as “a disgusting stab in the back” and the redundancy package was called "derisory", by the Limerick Socialist Party this morning. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / workers issues / news report Thursday July 16, 2009 - 14:42 by Paula Geraghty
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Pickets close Department of Environment for business to defend cleaning contract jobs. ... read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / opinion/analysis Thursday July 09, 2009 - 17:31 by Sean Edwards
With the coup d’état in Honduras, the spectre of the military dictatorship appeared again in Latin America. The entire continent, which remembers well its history of rule by “gorillas”, reacted with horror, especially the member states of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for America) led by Venezuela and Cuba. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / workers issues / news report Thursday July 09, 2009 - 16:50 by Alan MacSimóin
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The occupation of the Visteon motor parts factory in Belfast ended on May 3rd when the company gave in and agreed pay extra compensation of between six month’s and nearly two year’s money to the workforce for the loss of their jobs. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / workers issues / event notice Friday July 03, 2009 - 18:14 by Limerick Socialist Party
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Every singe day in the last month 33 people were forced onto the dole in Limerick alone. Thats 1,000 people in 30 days. This is a crisis which demands emergency action by the state. The situation is even worse for young people. Over 3,000 under 25s are now unemployed in this city. Given that there are less than 10,000 people between the age of 15 and 25 living in Limerick, and many of these are in education, the scale of the crisis is far worse than many assume. The Socialist Party is organising a Public Meeting to discuss these issues, and how we can fight back. Speakers: Councillor Mick Barry & a young worker When: 7pm, Wednesday July 8th Where: Pery's Hotel, Glentworth Street ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / workers issues / news report Sunday June 28, 2009 - 17:44 by Belfast Branch
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Working people continue to bear the brunt of the economic recession in terms on job cuts, poverty wages and house repossessions, while the rich and powerful in our society are bailed out again. This is state capitalism and comes under various forms from thatcherism to neo-liberalism. The Belfast Anarchist Communist Discussion Group, set up by the Belfast branch of the Workers Solidarity Movement recently invited Michael Reinsborough to give a talk on the topic of neo-liberalism. The public meeting took place on Wednesday 17th June in the Belfast Unemployment Centre. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / workers issues / other press Thursday June 18, 2009 - 12:37 by Gary Mulcahy
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Letter below sent to The Irish News today ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / workers issues / press release Saturday May 30, 2009 - 10:35 by Joe Higgins.eu
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This is a press release from Joe Higgins on the unemployment crisis in Ireland. It documents the huge levels of unemployment and puts forwards a socialist solution. Joe Higgins demands that the state take emergency action to defend provide jobs. He called for the renationalisation of SR Technics and Eircom and the nationalisation of other major companies threatening closure. ... read full story / add a comment |
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