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Working poor cannot take another Budget hit says Unite, as figures show doubling of in-work deprivation
One in every five people working experiences deprivation October 3rd: Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said today that the working poor cannot take another hit in the forthcoming Budget. Mr Kelly was commenting on the union’s latest Economic Comment, Take-Home … Continue reading
Unite remembering the Lockout
September 26th: The 100th anniversary of the first food shipment from the British TUC to support striking workers and their families during the 1913 Lockout will be re-enacted on Saturday, 5th October, at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2 from 11.30 … Continue reading
A Budget 2014 primer: Series of NERI videos released
September 19th: Tom Healy of the Nevin Economic Research Institute has recorded a series of short videos outlining the trade union movement’s perspective on Budget 2014 – and busting a few myths along the way. As Tom said at the … Continue reading
EBS: Strike averted as Unite and management resolve outstanding issues in eleventh-hour talks
September 17th: Trade union Unite today announced that talks last night at the Labour Relations Commission between the union and EBS management relating to a number of issues had proven successful, and that the threatened escalation of industrial action would … Continue reading
Union Solidarity International: solidarity without borders
In a few weeks time, we will be remembering the foodships sent by English workers to help feed their starving Dublin comrades during the 1913 Lockout. One hundred years later, trade unionism is still about solidarity. The Irish Region of … Continue reading









