Video of taxi drivers outside the Taxi regulator's office at the end of the occupation. A number of taxi drivers are interviewed including the 71 year old who describes how he was assaulted. Filmed tuesday 9th March. read full story / add a comment

Since the middle of January civil and public servants have engaged in a work-to-rule in an attempt to force a reversal of the pay cuts announced by the government in the December budget. Across the country workers in government offices, colleges, schools, hospitals etc. are taking action, which they hope will result in a change of government policy. read full story / add a comment

Unite bank workers from across the sector came out to support 750 colleagues being threatened with compulsory redundancy at lunchtime today. Watch a video report from Trade Union TV from the Dáil. read full story / add a comment

The severe permanent anti-people measures must not pass!

Demonstrations, sit- ins and general strike on Friday March 5th read full story / add a comment

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éirígí's Louise Minihan succeeded on Monday, March 1, in getting an emergency motion passed by Dublin City Council in support of the protesting Green Isle staff and those currently on hunger strike. read full story / add a comment

Hundreds marched to the Green Isle factory where TEEU members have been on strike and two men have begun a hunger strike. read full story / add a comment

Members of Dublin City Council tonight (1 March 2010) voted unanimously to support an Emergency Motion from Sinn Féin backing the workers at the Green Isle Foods plant in Naas. One of the workers, Jim Wyse, has been on hunger strike since 17 February. read full story / add a comment

During a visit to the striking Green Isle workers in Naas Co Kildare on February 26 -where he met with the two hunger striking workers Jim Wells and John Guinan (February 26)- the Kildare based President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton pledged the strikers the continued support of Republican Sinn Féin and repeated his call for a boycott of all Green Isle products while the dispute continues. read full story / add a comment

California students and workers taking strike and other action in up to 100 locations state wide. Support coming from across the US and world wide. read full story / add a comment

Deputy Jackie Healy Rae has told public service workers that he is powerless to prevent further cuts to services in Kerry. Healy Rae made the comments to 65 members of the Kerry Public Service Workers’ Alliance (KPSWA) who protested at his constituency clinic in Killarney on Saturday. read full story / add a comment

TEEU says hunger strike at Green Isle Foods will last until dispute ends read full story / add a comment

A Kerry North Fianna Fail TD has told public servants that there will be further cuts in the public service if they choose to vote for any alternative candidates in the next general election (audio clips below). Deputy Tom McEllistrim made the comments during his address to members of the Kerry Public Service Workers’ Alliance who picketed his Tralee constituency clinic on Saturday. read full story / add a comment

Less than 24h after the announcement of the hardest austerity measures in the history of the greek republic, strikes have erupted in the public sector. read full story / add a comment

An alliance of public service representatives call on Kerry government TDs to choose who they support – the providers and users of public services or the wealthy elite interests that in pursuit of selfish gain are happy to destroy our community. read full story / add a comment

Privileged officers of the State getting generous pensions, having taken an oath to the State or to their profession have chosen to go on strike in a wave of rolling industrial actions which set out to subvert some of the most essential services in the State.

In other circumstances this would be deemed sedition .
Should legal rather than disciplinary action be taken against members of both groups if is is suspected that they are in breach of their contracts? read full story / add a comment

Justice for Justin Foley Civil Case High Court 12/1/10 read full story / add a comment

Fujitsu workers in the North have begun 3 days of strike action in opposition to a massive assault by bosses on conditions. read full story / add a comment

These comments are from a number of Comrades mainly from a CWI and IMT background. But we think they will find an echo with Comrades from many other left backgrounds. We have concluded that the internal life of just about every left group is unhealthy, overly centralized, too top down, even we would go so far as saying to some extent undemocratic. We believe that the internal lives of these groups draw from the period when the Bolshevik party was degenerating and being taken over by Stalinism and along with that became negatively influenced by many decades when they were isolated from the mass workers movement. The recent crisis in the IMT is a reflection of these false methods of organizing which are common to just about all revolutionary left groups. We try to discuss this here. We look forward to hearing from Comrades. See our Learning From the Past link and our blog address. John Throne. read full story / add a comment

Watch the latest video from Trade Union TV from Bud get day at the Dail read full story / add a comment