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Full support to striking Ambulance workers
Text of Solidarity leaflet on today’s strike by ambulance workers Solidarity and our TD Ruth Coppinger stand fully…
GAMA strike 20 years on – when migrant workers struck and won
By Matt Waine This year marks the 20th anniversary of the GAMA Strike – a landmark strike against…
Fighting low pay and staffing levels: Firefighters take industrial action
By Mick Barry TD Labour Court recommendations are expected to be heavily rejected by retained firefighters across the…
Water workers strike for guarantees over terms and conditions
By Robert Cosgrave In mid-July, over 100 local authority water workers in multiple councils organised in Unite took…
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…
No cutting of Dublin Bus workers’ annual leave
By Michael O’Brien Dublin Bus management are steamrolling through their policy of enforced annual leave. I was given…
Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act
By Mick Barry TD On Weds 25 March 1,000 workers at Moy Park Portadown walked off the job…
Non-medical support staff vote for strike action
By Carol Brogan As we go to press, SIPTU have announced 20 June as the day for 24…
What kind of trade union movement we need
By Michael O’Brien When the nurses and midwives embarked upon their strike action it was clear that they…
Oppose union busting: Victory to striking paramedics
Ambulance paramedics, advance paramedics and emergency medical technicians are striking today for union recognition and against the Government’s…