ICTU Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Trade union leaders listen up-industrial action works

By Conor Tormey With public sector pay negotiations happening in the coming months, workers are looking towards what should be fought for and what constitutes a real pay increase. The Irish Congress of Trade Union (ICTU) leadership, a leadership steeped in the

Jun 9, 2023

Economy·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Cost of living crisis: Trade unions have to act!

By Mick Barry TD “We are looking at three years of high inflation” – AIB Chief Economist Oliver Mangan, Irish Times, 9 March It is becoming increasingly clear that the inflation crisis is going to be around for quite some time. It

May 9, 2022

The legacy of the Debenhams workers’ struggle

By Michael O’Brien It can take the passage of time, years in fact, to have a sense of a particular strike’s place in history. Among trade unionists, socialists, activists, and sometimes the wider working class, disputes such as the six-month-long strike of

May 27, 2021

News & Analysis

Eyewitness report: Gardaí do KPMG’s dirty work at Debenhams

By Dan O’Rourke Gardaí acting on behalf of KPMG used massive force to break the picket line of the former Debenhams workers at Henry Street in Dublin last Thursday night. Up to that point the workers had been blockading the shop’s loading

Apr 25, 2021

Debenhams – Year Long Still Strong!

On a number of occasions, as various milestones were passed, the Debenhams shop stewards have said that they did not set out to break records. However, to sustain a struggle for a year in the freakish circumstances of a pandemic and a

Apr 8, 2021

Workplace News

Debenhams workers’ struggle – an example to all

The closure of Debenhams Irish operation more than a 100 days ago was done in the cynical expectation that it was not possible for the workers to sustain any kind organised response through the lockdown months. Not only has the struggle for

Jul 22, 2020

Trade union movement must harness mood for change

By Mick Barry TD “Real change” was the demand of huge numbers of people in the February election. Real change on housing. Real change on health. Real change in the pension age. Real change for climate justice. The demand for change was

Feb 28, 2020