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workers rights
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Extreme weather disruptions: Workers lives and safety must not be sacrificed
By Michael O’Brien The ever-increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, especially storms and floods, and the…
Deliveroo workers face low pay, precarity and dangerous working conditions
By Enda Kelly Reading about the experiences of food delivery riders is a revealing example of pure exploitation.…
Slave-like working conditions on Irish shores
By Michael O’Brien The discontent among Irish fishing vessel owners regarding the quota allocated to foreign-flagged vessels operating…
WRC Debenhams decision explained and what next
By Michael O’Brien This week, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) communicated its decision to the Mandate Trade Union…
France: Macron intensifies class war
By Nicolas Croes — LSP/PSL (Left Socialist Party–our sister organisation in Belgium) This May Day will be the…
“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast
By Laurence Plunkett On Monday the 17th of April, Unite Hospitality NI held an open meeting in the…
Fighting cost of living crisis: Mechanical workers vote for strike action
By Matt Waine Mechanical workers in the construction sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in…
Struggle to free migrant fishers from exploitative visa achieves victory
The announcement yesterday by the Department of Justice that all Non-European migrant fishers enrolled in the now abolished…
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…
Follow the RMT example: Unions must take action to defend living standards
By Mick Barry TD The inflation crisis has sharply posed the question: how can the living standards of…