Tag: Ireland
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Whose recovery? Seventh austerity Budget will cost around 25,000 jobs
Jimmy Kelly slams decision to ‘incentivise emigration’ instead of investing in employment October 15th: In an initial reaction to Budget 2014, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said that today’s Budget is likely to cost around 25,000 jobs while further delaying any hope of economic recovery for working people. This figure is based on the number…
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Unite: ‘Emergency’ legislation being used to lock out ASTI workers in 2013
October 7th: Speaking this morning, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said that all unions – regardless of their stance on the Haddington Road agreement – now need to come together in support of ASTI members who are to be subjected to the terms of the FEMPI legislation following their members’ decision to reject the Agreement. …
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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 Deprivation: An Urgent Budgetary Issue, which shows that the deprivation rate of those in work…
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Jimmy Kelly: Neither society nor economy can withstand further cuts
October 1st: Speaking this morning at a press conference to announce details of the forthcoming Dublin Council of Trade Union Pre-Budget demonstration on Saturday, October 12th, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said: “We need to come out on October 12th to send a loud and clear message to the Government ahead of Budget Day: our…