Demonstrations

Thank you to the National Women’s Council for the invitation and the opportunity to make these few short remarks. Let me also echo those sentiments of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. I want to acknowledge their work and that of numerous other women’s groups and campaigners for their strident...

SIPTU's Ethel Buckley on the continuing injustice done to Clerys workers What are Deirdre Foley, John Skelly and Ronan Daly so afraid of? They are the directors of Natrium Ltd, the shadowy company that shut Clerys on June 12, resulting in over 400 job losses. Five months on, not one of the three has...

On Thursday April 2, the battle for Decent Work will spill over onto picket lines the length and breadth of the country. Unionised workers at Dunnes Stores will strike for 24 hours in a bid to end the precarious work practices of their employer. The stoppages will continue until the practices change...

Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation In towns and cities, court rooms and corridors, workplaces and street corners the battle lines have been drawn for workers to hold on to their right to strike. On February 18, a global day of action in support of the right to...