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antrim / workers issues / event notice Tuesday August 23, 2011 - 20:32 by anti-cuts
Residents from South Belfast campaigning against the closure of Belfast City Hospital A&E will be protesting outside Parliament Buildings Stormont on the first day the Assembly meets to present the Minister for Health with thousands of petitions. The Stop the Cuts Campaign is calling on all groups, communities and workers affected by cuts to join them on 12th September to send a message to the Assembly Executive that we do not support cut to jobs and services. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Wednesday August 10, 2011 - 12:41 by Paul Murphy MEP
Thousands of Kazakh oil workers are now in their third month of strike action. In their struggle for trade union rights and negotiations over the implementation of a wage agreement, they have faced massive repression and intimidation. Hundreds of workers have now been fired. Their lawyer has been imprisoned for six years for “stirring up social conflict”. The police and riot police have been used against the strikers as well as the company’s security. One of the key trade union activists has now been murdered. ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Friday July 29, 2011 - 20:30 by Paddy Healy
Following the surrender of the Labour Party in Cabinet on JLCs, SIPTU has described the proposals as “relatively positive” on RTE Television News, July 28 and has given the government plan “a cautious welcome” (Martin Wall, Irish Times July 29).
This is a dark day for Irelands biggest union which was built by Larkin and Connolly ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Thursday July 28, 2011 - 19:50 by Paddy Healy
Labour's Shame on Low Pay-Labour Party has capitulated to Fine Gael by agreeing to cut low pay
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national / workers issues / press release Thursday July 28, 2011 - 19:42 by Paddy Healy
A fuller report from today’s Irish Independent on the Labour capitulation on Low Pay is carried below.
Not alone has the Labour Party agreed to the scrapping of the Sunday premium for low paid workers, it has also agreed to allow employers to claim inability to pay and ,if successful, to pay a lesser rate for normal working days. In circumstances in which demand is being continuously removed from the economy by government, this can only lead to continuous reduction in the direction of the minimum wage and the effective collapse of the system. Compliant employers will be progressively undermined by those paying a lower rate.
The scrapping of the Sunday premium will simply add to the profits of highly successful multi-national retail chains at the expense of their employees. ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / other press Thursday July 07, 2011 - 15:20 by pat c
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The High Court has ruled in favour of millionaire employers. Setting a legal minimum wage for the Catering Trade is unconstitutional. Baling out the banks is constitutional, banning strikes is constitutional. Letting multinationals rob our national resources is constitutional. But catering workers cannot be paid e9.65 an hour. Thats unconstitutional. But the millionaire employers are going to get compensation from the State! No money for hospitals, plenty of money for bankers and exploiters. Its time to say Enough! http://enoughcampaign.org/ Join in the Enough Campaign, join in other protests. ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Monday June 27, 2011 - 16:43 by SIPTUPR
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Renowned UK based Academic Eilis Lawlor explains why Cleaners are more valuable to society than Bankers! ... read full story / add a comment
westmeath / workers issues / event notice Friday June 17, 2011 - 01:23 by June Kelly
Public Meeting: The United Left Alliance is holding a Public Meeting in the Greville Arms Hotel in Mullingar, County Westmeath on Wednesday, 22nd June at 8 pm. With the election of 5 United Left Alliance TD’s to the Dail in the last general election, the ULA is launching a branch in the Longford/Westmeath area. Everyone welcome. Admission Free. For details 0861963134, unitedleftalliance.org ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Thursday June 16, 2011 - 19:58 by Oswald Bastable
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Keep Sunday pay and Overtime Rates! RESIST MINISTER BRUTON'S ATTACKS! Protest at the Dáil 6:30pm Wed 22nd June ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / other press Friday May 27, 2011 - 07:15 by Benny
SF Minister John O'Dowd sacks more public servants as evidence emerges of how the previous SF Minister had presided over lavish junkets organised by department members............. two articles from the Belfast Telegraph ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / event notice Tuesday April 26, 2011 - 15:43 by Stephen Boyd & Owen McCormack
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Saturday 7th May 12pm to 4pm UNITE Hall 66-57 Middle Abbey Street Dublin 1 ... read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / opinion/analysis Friday April 01, 2011 - 15:19 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Last Saturday, 26 March saw up to half a million take part in a TUC organised anti-cuts protest in London. In the aftermath of the protest there has been much controversy about the 700 strong black bloc that broke away from the protest to throw paint at and break the windows of banks, luxury car dealers and the 4,000 a night Ritz hotel in Central London. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Wednesday March 30, 2011 - 11:30 by owenmccormack
Protest in support of sacked trade unionist Owen McCormack - Trade unionist owenmccormack2002 at yahoo dot co dot uk One year anniversary of shop stewards dismissal Defend trade union rights. Support sacked Dublin Bus shop steward. Protest Rally Wed April 6th, from 12 till 2pm Outside NBRU office on Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1. It is 12 months since Dublin Bus dismissed Eugene McDonagh, the National Executive of the NBRU in Harristown Garage over an unofficial dispute in 2009. The dispute arose over management’s decision to rush in changes on drivers schedules’ without adequate consultation. The unofficial action affected five garages over three days and involved over a thousand drivers. But Eugene was the only worker sacked after a lengthy investigation that involved widespread intimidation and threats against drivers by management. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / press release Sunday March 27, 2011 - 18:32 by owen mccormack
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Defend trade union rights. Support sacked Dublin Bus shop steward. Protest Rally Wed April 6th, from 12 till 2pm Outside NBRU office on Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1. It is 12 months since Dublin Bus dismissed Eugene McDonagh, the National Executive of the NBRU in Harristown Garage over an unofficial dispute in 2009. The dispute arose over management’s decision to rush in changes on drivers schedules’ without adequate consultation. The unofficial action affected five garages over three days and involved over a thousand drivers. But Eugene was the only worker sacked after a lengthy investigation that involved widespread intimidation and threats against drivers by management. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / event notice Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 23:42 by Alan MacSimoin
This year's Dublin May Day march and rally will be held on Sunday May 1st, assembling at Parnell Square at 11.30 and marching to Liberty Hall. The theme this year is 'Resisting Austerity'. Ask your union to bring its banner. Organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions ++ for one short history of May Day and why we still celebrate it, see http://struggle.ws/pdfs/mayleaf.pdf ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / workers issues / event notice Wednesday March 09, 2011 - 20:53 by Nessieos
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Asking for ONE HOUR of your life to support a 63 year old ex-docker who is facing a fine and possibly incarcaration over action on the stike! Please come to the Criminal Courts Parkgate St, Dublin at 10am next Wednesday march 16th ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / workers issues / press release Thursday March 03, 2011 - 12:08 by PRO
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SIPTU, the union for Boots workers here, called together workers from across the stores to listen to the concerns of their membership and to work together on a coherent plan for the year ahead. The meeting, which took place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on 1st March, was a resounding success for what has been achieved so far - and what can be achieved in the future with their input. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / workers issues / press release Thursday February 17, 2011 - 17:21 by pat c
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SIPTU members at the Davenport Hotel in Dublin mounted pickets this morning after being taken off the roster for refusing to sign new contracts reducing their national minimum wage rate by almost €1 an hour. When the legislation was being passed, the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, gave assurances that existing employees of companies on €8.65 an hour could not have it reduced without their consent. However, the workers concerned, all women from Eastern Europe, have been brought into three meetings over the past three weeks and repeatedly told they must sign the new contracts or face being taken off the roster. They were not given a copy of the new contract, either in English or in their own languages. *For further information contact: *SIPTU Sector Organiser, Pat Ward; 087 228 348 *Padraig Yeates, PYE Communications; 087 260 5297 ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / feature Saturday February 12, 2011 - 17:27 by Trade Union TV
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Student nurses are fighting the worst of cuts a total pay cut in their training forcing them to work for free for the health service. ... read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 14, 2010 - 14:42 by Paddy Healy
Only IFUT and TUI proposed doing anything about Public Sector Pension Cuts. INTO and INMO mentioned the cuts in statements. There was no mention of the cuts on Websites of the following bodies: ICTU, SIPTU, ASTI, CPSU, PSEU, IMPACT. Union responses are pasted below. While INTO, ASTI, TUI are running a campaign against the pension rip-off of new public servants announced in the Budget, there is no mention of this issue by the silent unions above. It is believed that ICTU has refused to oppose the new “pension Scheme” which is in effect a tax because the individual gets less out than was contributed (Trident Report to Teaching Unions). There is no proposal by any union to do anything about the pay cut for new entrants. This decision breaches a whole range of existing industrial relations agreements and agreed circular letters. ... read full story / add a comment |
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