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Justice for Vita Cortex workers! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dave Keating   
Monday, 16 January 2012 10:00

The occupation, which began on 26 December by the 32 sacked workers in Vita Cortex is rightly seen as inspirational by other workers up and down the country. They have almost 900 years of service between them, are forced to sleep on the factory floor and endure the harsh damp building throughout Christmas and continue to endure such hardships.

 
Breaking News - Occupation of La Senza at Liffey Valley PDF Print E-mail
Written by Socialist Party Reporter   
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 09:00

Workers at La Senza lingerie outlet that has just announced the closure of all its operations in Ireland have occupied the shop in Liffey Valley, with La Senza workers from throughout Dublin joining to assist the sit-in.

 
Element Six must immeditately honour agreed pension payments PDF Print E-mail
Written by Socialist Party Reporter   
Monday, 12 December 2011 12:00

The Socialist Party TD for Dublin West, Joe Higgins, has called on Element Six, which is a subsidiary of the incredibly wealthy mutlinational De Beers to immediately honour the agreed payments into its Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, after it announced that it is winding up this plan.

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Another multi-national closes in pursuit of more profit PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Higgins TD   
Friday, 09 September 2011 09:00

It was a question of ‘Walk, Walk’’ rather that ‘Talk, Talk’ as the telecoms/internet company of that name brutally consigned its workforce to the scrapheap the day before yesterday.

 
"We’re not leaving, because we've been treated with such injustice" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Socialist Party Reporter   
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:00

Interview with Worker occupying La Senza, Liffey Valley

 
Support the EBS workers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Higgins TD   
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 12:56

Today's action by the EBS workers deserves 100% support from workers and the unemployed. A clear distinction must be made between the obscene rewards still given to the senior management in Ireland’s banks and the hard won pay and conditions of the ordinary employees.

 
NI: Step up the pressure after N30 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Socialist Party (Northern Ireland)   
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 22:02

Public sector workers have sent a very loud message to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government.

Three million workers belonging to twenty eight unions have walked out in defence of their pensions and the public services which all depend upon.In Northern Ireland it is probable that 80,000 workers have come out in a powerful demonstration of the power of the working class. The strike is a hugely important step forward in the campaign to defend our pensions and services.

 
JLCs: Bosses demand 20 - 30% wage cuts - Unions must take action PDF Print E-mail
Written by Socialist Party Reporter   
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 09:00

A High Court decision on 7 July has upheld fast food employers’ claim that legislation relating to the catering Joint Labour Committee is unconstitutional and breaches employers’ property rights. This is a very serious development not only for hundreds of thousands of workers affected by sectoral wage agreements but for workers across all sectors of the economy.

 
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