Public sector strike – a premature suspension, but the fight isn’t over
Solidarity TD, Ruth Coppinger and Solidarity Councillor, Kate Relihan on the picket lines in Dublin 15.
Joe Higgins MEP supports Ulster Bank workers
Attack on working conditions can be defeated Socialist Party MEP, Joe Higgins has opposed attempts by Ulster Bank to impose new inferior contracts and pensions on staff.
90,000 march – 6 November demonstration reports
90,000 people took part in the national day of action on Friday 6 November in opposition to the plans the government to cut €4 billion in pay, services and jobs in their December budget. The day of action consisted of eight regional
Left co-operation & the building of a new mass party of the working class
The Socialist Party (SP) welcomes the contribution of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) to the debate on left co-operation and the building of a new mass party of the working class.
MTL dock strike ends – workforce let down by union leaders
The strike by workers in Dublin port against their bosses in Marine Terminal Limited (MTL) has come to an end after 110 days of industrial action.
BBC Question Time panel – Workers’ voice denied against BNP
Eight million people watched BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time, the biggest audience for the programme in its thirty year history.
80th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash
Scant attention has been paid to the 80th anniversary of the October 1929 Wall Street Crash. Preoccupied with their own present devastating global crisis, the moneybags, the capitalists, can hardly repeat their theme of yesterday – “it can never happen again” –
Abbey sacks set builders in outsourcing move
The Socialist Party spoke to a member of the Building and Allied Trade Union who works at The Abbey Theatre where there is a dispute brewing over the outsourcing of jobs.
Tommy Sheridan – a socialist fighter on a worker’s wage
Tommy Sheridan is standing in the Glasgow North East by-election on 12 November. Standing as a "Workers' MP on a Worker's Wage" for Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement - Tommy contrasts strongly with the disgraced former incumbent, Michael Martin (now Lord Martin
Green Isle – “Goodfellas” sack workers to break union
Nearly 35 engineers at Green Isle Foods in Naas have been on strike since 31 August to defend three of their colleagues from being sacked on trumped up charges of breaching the company’s IT policy. The sackings are an attempt to break
Daily Mail – homophobic attack on Boyzone singer
Daily Mail journalist, Jan Moir, has provoked outrage with a blatantly homophobic column attacking the recently deceased Boyzone singer, Stephen Gately.