Tag: housing
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Budget 2026: Employers take up residence in Government Buildings
Workers pay for business tax breaks as government fails to index tax bands Housing crisis will not be solved by patchwork of subsidies and tax giveaways Responding to Budget 2026, trade union Unite warned today that many workers will be running to stand still following the government’s decision to focus on tax breaks for builders…
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Housing crisis: Unite says wages are solution not problem
Good jobs key to attracting and retaining labour Trade union Unite, which represents construction workers throughout Ireland, today said that sustained wage rises in the construction sector are critical to prevent a loss of vital construction skills as Ireland grapples with an ongoing housing crisis. Unite was commenting on this week’s Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) report highlighting recent wage increases and capacity constraints in the…
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Budget 2025: Workers failed by short-term giveaways
Budget framed ‘with eye to the election rather than eye to the future’ Responding to Budget 2025, Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, warned that today’s package of election giveaways will not lay the foundations for sustainable wage-led growth. While any measures to alleviate immediate cost-of-living pressures will be welcomed, Unite said that, by…
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Quick-fix Budget fails working people
Low and middle income earners, social protection recipients, lose out in real terms Short-term supports no substitute for long-term policies October 10th: In an initial response to the Budget, trade union Unite dubbed the measures announced today a “quick-fix Budget” which uses short-term supports to mask the ongoing failure to develop long-term policies to reduce costs.…
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Saturday’s Raise the Roof rally must signal turning point on housing
Unite says many construction workers cannot afford homes they build November 24th: Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, has called for a large turnout at the Raise the Roof housing rally due to take place this coming Saturday (26 November). Commenting, the union’s Regional Coordinating Officer Tom Fitzgerald said: “A generation has been locked out of…