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.
White Moose Cafe Twitter outrage & exploitative practices in the hospitality industry
By Dan O’Rourke The White Moose Café in North Dublin, and it’s owner Paul Stenson, have recently been the focus of another round of social media outrage. This time for alleged exploitative work practices, as well as the usual deliberately inflammatory social
Hospitality reopens in the North: Workers must be organised
by Neil Moore The announcement of the reopening of hospitality venues by the Northern Ireland Executive has been widely welcomed by workers and young people, including those working in the industry. This comes after a long year of lockdowns, job losses and
What’s impeding the vaccine rollout?
By Keishia Taylor The end is in sight – over a million Irish residents, or just over a quarter of the adult population, have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, or Moderna vaccines. The rollout is underway, despite various
PUP in crosshairs as youth unemployment at record levels
By Leon Fitzpatrick Given the scale of the economic collapse and job losses that followed the onset of the pandemic last year the government was forced to introduce the Pandemic Unemployment Payment of €350. From its inception, the PUP has been a
Carphone Warehouse closure: latest casualty of retail jobs crisis
By Peter McGregor Carphone Warehouse has moved in recent days to shut down all of their Irish stores, 69 individual stores and 12 within other stores. This move will result in a total of 486 redundancies. The news was followed by the
Don’t risk a fourth wave: No reopening which puts profit over health
By Conor Payne From 4 May on, the government plans further measures to reopen the economy and lift Covid restrictions. These include the reopening of non-essential retail starting with Click and Collect on 10 May, hairdressers and other personal services on 10
Dangerous precedent: Gardaí ban taxi drivers’ socially-distanced protest
By Brian McCarthy Gardaí have banned a taxi drivers’ protest which was planned for Thursday 29 April, using public health grounds as a pretext. This is despite the fact that the drivers would have remained in their cars, minimising any potential public
Oppose outsourcing and attacks on union rights: Solidarity with ESB technicians
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet in support of striking ESB network technicians. ESB network technicians and members of the Independent Workers Union (IWU) are to be applauded for the industrial action they are taking against the creeping privatisation of the company,
Ban on evictions & rent increases lifted as the housing crisis continues
By Councillor Fiona Ryan The government has recently ended its blanket ban on evictions, opening the way for predatory landlords to evict and increase rents. This is at a time when unemployment remains at 25% and youth unemployment at 59%. With young
From harassment to femicide: How capitalism breeds gender violence
By Harper Cleves On 3 March 2021, 33 year-old Sarah Everard went missing. It was soon thereafter discovered that she had been kidnapped and murdered, most likely by a member of the Metropolitan police, while walking home at 9pm at night. This