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UnionMIgrantNet registration portal opens


The ETUC led UnionMigrantNet portal is now ready and full operational. Following a Network Building Conference in Turin in 2014, and after one year of pilot action and testing phase, the network is now open to all those who wish to join it. The portal is composed of two sections: 1. a " social...
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Ulster Unions Say No!


Peter Bunting, Congress Assistant General Secretary On a cold Monday in January, the Belfast Telegraph reported that a 'straw poll' of local employers agreed that a big cut in Corporation Tax in NI would be good for them. Hold the front page. The unscientific poll was concocted at a seminar...
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Who Remembers Charlie Hebdo?


Séamus Dooley, Irish Secretary, NUJ Every morning I click on the International Federation of Journalists' website. On the top right hand corner there's a black countdown clock. It details the number of journalists and media staff killed so far this year. As I write – on January 29 - that number...
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Congress mourns loss of true internationalist comrade


Congress is mourning the loss of our comrade Brendan Archbold today (28 November 2014). Brendan was a former Chair of our Global Solidarity Committee and was a leading trade union voice in campaigns to support workers rights around the world. He was best known for his role in the Dunnes Stores Anti...
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Launch of Polish Network


Today, 26 September, 2014, marked the launch of the trade union Polish Network in Ireland. Official website here Minister of State for Equality, New Communities and Culture, Aodhan O Riordain, launched the network and wished it well, looking forward to working with us into the future. Mr Piotr...
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