Minimum wage Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Minimum wage: 80c increase is an insult

By Jonathan Diebold “Young workers in Ireland are financially worse off than their parents. Workers in their 20s are – in real terms – earning less than they did in the 1990s and 2000s.” These are the stark findings of the May

Sep 20, 2022

It’s a ‘cost-of-survival’ crisis

By Conor Burke In a short period of time, the cost of essentials such as food and fuel have skyrocketed. Working-class people are faced with a cost-of-living, or more accurately a cost-of-survival crisis, in their daily lives. Rising prices come on top

Mar 14, 2022

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Sinn Féin’s message fails to inspire

By Finghín Kelly Many of those voting Sinn Féin in the recent election did so in the belief that the party represented a challenge to the status quo and the establishment. After the election Gerry Adams even made the claim that Sinn

Mar 29, 2016