Trade union movement Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

A strike for a cost of living pay increase: Solidarity with Aer Lingus pilots

By Finghín Kelly and Sean Burns Members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) in Aer Lingus voted by 97.7% for industrial action. The threat of strike action over the busy summer period has caused bookings to decline by 20-30%, indicating

Jun 18, 2024

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workplace News

Amazon’s regime of exploitation comes to Dublin: Unionise and organise now!

By Finn McKenna This week brings the arrival of multinational e-commerce giant Amazon to Baldonnell Business Park in Dublin. The opening of this facility has already been met with comment by the trade union movement in Ireland. This is an anti-worker company

Aug 12, 2022

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

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left

From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left By Mick O’Reilly Published by Lilliput, 2019 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien This autobiography by the former Irish Regional Secretary of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union (ATGWU, since renamed Unite) is,

Nov 6, 2019

Trade union movement

A strike for a cost of living pay increase: Solidarity with Aer Lingus pilots

Amazon’s regime of exploitation comes to Dublin: Unionise and organise now!

Trade union movement must harness mood for change

Review: From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden