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Riots expose reality of sectarianism

Fierce rioting erupted in Ardoyne after an Orange Order parade on 12 July and continued for three days. The period before, over and after this year’s Twelfth was also marked by rioting in other areas and a number of gun and bomb
Jul 26, 2010

Otis Lifts attempting to smash union

Workers in Otis Lifts, members of the Technical Engineering Electrical Union, are now into the second week of their strike action. The strike was undertaken as a response to the companies’ refusal to accept a Labour Court recommendation with regard to redundancies
Jul 20, 2010

The recession is over? Don’t believe the hype!

The government, the media and various economists all trumpeted recently released figures that apparently show that the Irish economy came out of recession in the first three months of 2010. However for the unemployed, workers and their families this miraculous recovery has
Jul 16, 2010

Lust for Profits caused BP oil disaster

“It is as enraging as it is heartbreaking, and we will not relent until this leak is contained, until the waters and shores are cleaned up, and until the people unjustly victimised by this manmade disaster are made whole”. These words of
Jul 15, 2010

ESB workers – Vote no to rotten pension deal

The ESB staff pension fund has a €2 billion deficit. In putting forward new pension proposals management and the group of unions (GOU) argue that there are three main factors for the pension deficit. The stock market crash, wage inflation (i.e. pay
Jul 15, 2010

No support for the implementation of Croke Park

The passing of the Croke Park Agreement represents an important setback for public sector workers and the working class as a whole. If this deal is implemented unhindered then 20,000 public sector jobs will be lost, working conditions will be decimated and
Jul 14, 2010

Government risks women’s health

The Irish Well Woman this week released their annual report for 2009. The centres noticed a marked increase in uptake for their free smear test scheme in the first half of the year. This was partly due to the "Jade Goody" effect
Jul 9, 2010

Union executive members criticise general secretary

Dear Colleague,The below-named members of the CPSU Executive Committee wish to place on record our objection to and distance ourselves from, the recent public and internal statements of our General Secretary, Blair Horan, regarding the Croke Park deal. In doing so we
Jul 8, 2010

Threat of redundancies by Eircom must be fought

"The news of Eircom's owners' intention to shed at least a further 1,300 jobs on top of the similar amount of voluntary redundancies it has already sought and almost achieved shatters the government guff that we are embarking on an economic recovery".
Jul 6, 2010
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