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1926 general strike: Workers on the cusp of power 

06 Jul 2026
By Thomas Carmichael As we stand in the middle of the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, it is impossible not to draw parallels with the situation faced by workers today. Fuel prices have been driven into orbit by the US and Israel’s Imperialist war on Iran. Workers, having never fully recovered from the 2022-23 crisis sparked by the invasion

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Fight cuts in Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann

Feb 25, 2009
SHOCK, ANGER and disbelief probably best describe the feelings of Dublin Bus workers at the announcement that 290 workers are to be sacked over the next while. Along with the job losses, over 120 buses, nearly ten per cent of the fleet,
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Workers, united, will never be defeated

Feb 10, 2009
by Kevin McLoughlinWATERFORD CRYSTAL: Specially hired security individually delivered letters saying that from the following Monday there was no need to report for work, as the world-renowned Waterford Crystal factory would be closed!Shocked but bitterly angry that the receiver had decided to
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