Tag: Jobstown
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Jobstown: Unite welcomes vindication of right to protest
Verdict must signal end to political policing June 29th: Unite today welcomed the ‘Not Guilty’ verdict in the Jobstown trial as a ‘vindication of the right to protest’. Commenting, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said he hoped that the verdict would signal an end to political policing. “The right to protest, like the right to…
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Unite expresses solidarity with Jobstown accused
Union urges large attendance at tomorrow’s support rally October 21st: Unite has expressed solidarity with the Jobstown teenager accused of ‘false imprisonment’ on foot of a 2014 protest where former Tánaiste Joan Burton’s car was delayed for some hours. Pointing out that sit-down demonstrations are a common form of protest, the union’s Regional Secretary Jimmy…