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May Day warning: Workers won’t be shortchanged

Speaking ahead of International Workers’ Day (May Day – Friday 1 May), Unite’s Irish secretary Susan Fitzgerald warned both public and private sector employers that workers will not tolerate being shortchanged and said that Unite members across Ireland are determined to … Continue reading

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May Day warning (Northern Ireland): Workers will not pay for the latest crisis of capitalism

May Day warning: Workers will not pay for the latest crisis of capitalism To mark International Workers’ Day (Friday 1 May), Unite warned employers that workers will not tolerate the current global supply crisis being used as the latest excuse … Continue reading

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Unite warns workers not to depend on government gifting rights

May Day lesson is that progress must be fought for says union’s Irish Secretary May 1st: Speaking in Dublin ahead of International Workers’ Day, Unite’s Irish Secretary Susan Fitzgerald warned workers that fundamental rights will not be gifted by government … Continue reading

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May Day: new Irish Secretary of Unite warns employers must pay for industrial peace

Susan Fitzgerald says strong unions best defence against wage-squeezing “The more strike-ready workers are, the more talk-ready employers are” April 30th: Speaking ahead of the annual May Day rally organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, Unite’s new Regional … Continue reading

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May Day message from Jackie Pollock: Workers stand stronger when we stand together

After workers have kept public services and the economy going – there can be no going back to exploitation Workers need to unite to defend themselves from opportunist employers and secure improvements In a speech marking International Workers’ Day, Unite … Continue reading

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