Today, Monday 9th November, marks seven months since the beginning of the Debenhams dispute. The workers are still on the picket line, fighting for a redundancy payment of four weeks pay for every year of
The plight of the Estee Lauder workers has again highlighted the critical importance of the organised labour movement during periods of economic turmoil and crisis, such as the one we are all now living
Éirígí General Secretary Mickey Moran has accused Michéal Martin of playing a ‘cynical blame game’ to divert attention from the failure of the political establishment to protect workers from unscrupulous
Éirígí General Secretary Mickey Moran is encouraging people to show their support for the Debenhams workers by joining this Saturday’s national protest in Dublin. Speaking ahead of the protest he said,
It has now been 100 days since the liquidation of Debenhams in the Twenty-Six Counties and the closure of eleven stores in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Tralee was announced. The future of
Local leisure centre workers in Belfast commenced industrial action today, Wednesday 23rd May. The strike action comes after 97% of those balloted voted in favour of industrial action. Éirígí welcomes strike action
While James Connolly’s demand that workers are entitled to ‘the earth’ is a strong message that still resounds with organised labour and socialists a century later, the demands from classroom assistants in the Six
One of the key factors that keeps the status quo in place in both the national and socio-economic fields in today’s Ireland is the notion that normality reigns, conflict and hardship are items of the past and things as they are will continue in perpetuity.
The news that nearly 1,000 workers at the Seagate plant in Limavady, County Derry are to lose their jobs in an act of social vandalism by the company has been greeted with dismay by those dependent on the firm for a living.
Classroom assistants in the Six Counties are being forced to continue their struggle for fair wages and will today (Tuesday) begin a three-day strike action.