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national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 06, 2008 22:49 by Recession Diaries   image 1 image
Remember the 3rd of September. That is the day the economic conservative consensus died, when all the certainties propagated by our one-party state were shredded. Fiona Fail has panicked in the face of rapid economic deterioration, brought forward the budget by a few weeks, and in that simple, technical act has unintentionally composed a dirge. No one day heralds the end of something as complex and layered as an economic cycle. But they can serve up symbols. September 3rd is such a symbol – of a coffin, and the Ministers polishing it. read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Thursday September 04, 2008 02:08 by John Mcoy
The TEEU Has Reliased That They Have Pushed The Boat Out Too Far and The Cosy Cartel They Have Spent Years Building Up Is About To Fall Down With A Bang. read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / news report Sunday August 31, 2008 09:59 by r   text 19 comments (last - wednesday september 03, 2008 18:38)   image 2 images   2 attached files
Protests to be called next week against the injunction

"Not only are the Unite leaders trying to deny me the right to speak, now they are also trying to take away my democratic right to protest" Gordon McNeill read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / press release Wednesday August 27, 2008 16:58 by C   text 3 comments (last - friday august 29, 2008 23:23)
Gordon McNeill to resume protest at Transport House from midday 28 August against the attempts by the Unite leadership to bribe and gag him. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / workers issues / news report Sunday August 24, 2008 23:54 by Michael McGovern   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Since its inception early this year the Belfast branch of WSM continues to go from strength to strength, growing in size and establishing new contacts. At the moment we distribute a 1000 copies of the Ulster edition of Workers Solidarity to homes across Belfast and at political events. We hope to expand our current distribution in the coming months. WSM members continue to take part in the current campaign against the water charges. We have attended and helped to organise pickets in solidarity with fellow workers on struggle in the midst of the current neo-liberal offensive and attacks on our living conditions and workers rights by the neo-colonial administration at Stormont.

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Lionbridge's revenues. From published annual report.
international / workers issues / news report Thursday August 14, 2008 17:52 by Seba   text 1 comment (last - friday august 15, 2008 19:02)   image 1 image
The case between an unfairly dismissed union activist and Lionbridge corporation started in July with solidarity pickets throughout Europe. On August 13, the parties in the dispute met again in the Warsaw Labor Court. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / workers issues / news report Wednesday August 13, 2008 23:31 by Sean Matthews   text 6 comments (last - friday august 22, 2008 13:40)   image 2 images
Interview with Antifa, a militant anti-fascist organisation by Sean Matthews (personal capacity) from the Workers Solidarity Movement. read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 12, 2008 14:14 by John McCoy   text 4 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 14:22)
The Association Of Electrical Contractors Ireland (AECI) have attemped to put the blame for the bad deal for Employers under the current Electrical REA on the other Employers Body Involved in The Electrical Registered Employment Agreement. read full story / add a comment
'Building An Ireland of Equals'
antrim / workers issues / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 16:23 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 16, 2008 18:53)   image 1 image
When it comes to ‘spin’, ‘bling’ and ‘mantra’ Sinn Fein are masters in disguise and a mouthpiece of New Labour read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / news report Thursday August 07, 2008 23:03 by Candle in the Wind
In Italy in 2007 there were twice as many workplace deaths and 8 times as many road deaths as murders.
But the government is focusing all its energy on combating crime
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national / workers issues / press release Sunday August 03, 2008 17:25 by Bob Miller   text 3 comments (last - friday august 08, 2008 02:31)
Unite leader claims 'social partnership' is now one of inequality read full story / add a comment
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antrim / workers issues / news report Sunday July 27, 2008 23:14 by Sean Matthews   image 5 images
“In 1907 there was only one Jim Larkin in Belfast; in 2008 there are thousands of Jim Larkin’s.”
(Gerry Trainer, SIPTU shop steward, Andersonstown News, 19/07/08)
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national / workers issues / press release Wednesday July 23, 2008 17:06 by John McCoy
The Techicinal Engineering & Electrical Union have done a complete U Turn and removed all references to Rouge and Maverick Employers from its Website. read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / press release Monday July 21, 2008 23:53 by SDLP Youth   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 22, 2008 10:06)
Trade unions have tabled 130 amendments to the Labour Party’s national policy forum designed to demand a change of direction from Gordon Brown’s beleaguered government. Welcoming a proposal to extend the full minimum wage to younger workers, SDLP Youth spokesman Liam McNulty said: read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / press release Friday July 18, 2008 19:11 by John McCoy   text 1 comment (last - friday july 18, 2008 19:20)
EPACE are a private limited company set up to police the R.E.A... (Registered Employment Agreement) That is in force in the electrical contracting industry. The company was set up by the 3 parties who are signatories to the REA namely the TEEU (union) the ECA (employer) and the AECI (employer) The two employer groups represent approxomatley 400 contractors in an industry where its estimated there are over 4,000 Electrical Contracting Companies. read full story / add a comment
The image say's it all........
antrim / workers issues / news report Tuesday July 15, 2008 18:52 by Sean Matthews   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 21:43)   image 1 image
A week on discontent in the North...... read full story / add a comment
international / workers issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 09, 2008 10:24 by Bob Kavanagh   text 18 comments (last - monday july 14, 2008 20:03)   image 2 images
The concept of class is fundamental to the anarchist understanding of society. The goal of anarchist communism is to create a classless society where everyone is on an equal footing, where all have equal access to wealth and contribute to society as best they can. Why then do anarchists argue that only the working class has the power to create a free and equal society? Many figures in the economic and political elite argue that we now live in a classless society. While it is true that class as an economic and social phenomenon has changed as capitalism has developed, this is not to say that we are no longer divided by class, just that the boundaries and definitions have become more complex. read full story / add a comment
Starbucks Global Day of Action - Belfast picket
international / workers issues / feature Tuesday July 08, 2008 23:59 by Jason Brannigan, Krossie, Lisa and 1 of indy.ie   text 22 comments (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 14:40)   image 11 images
As part of the Global Day of Action against Starbucks called by the AIT/IWA and the IWW pickets were placed on Starbucks stores in Belfast, Dublin and many other cities worldwide. These were to demand the reinstatement of Monica, a member of the anarcho-syndicalist CNT working in the Starbucks in central Seville, and Cole Dorsey, an IWW member who was fired by Starbucks for organising in their Grand Rapids, Michican, shop. read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / press release Monday July 07, 2008 13:38 by Lauren Foley
Lauren Foley, Justice for Justin Foley Campaign Managers' views on the lack of assistance in highlighting Health and Safety in the workplace on what would have been the 27th birthday , today 7/7/08,of her brother Justin who died aged 21 due to a tragic workplace fatality on the 3rd of December 2002. read full story / add a comment
antrim / workers issues / news report Monday July 07, 2008 11:16 by Rededge   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 18:33)
Local government workers are taking strike action in what could be a very significant dispute 16,17th July. read full story / add a comment
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