FG/FF cabinet slashes paid sick leave entitlements
FG/FF take the knife to sick pay
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Trade Unions
Watch: Nazi-Zionist Histadrut run out of Belfast
Described by Golda Meir as “a great colonizing agency”, Histadrut has served as one of the foremost weapons of Zionism. As the national trade union centre of the Zionist occupation formed in 1920, Histadrut was crucial in the formation of the Zionist state, being one of the most powerful forces in the Zionist settlements. Led
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Abtran fires union activist
Call centre company Abtran has illegally fired a worker in Cork who was a vocal supporter of the ongoing unionisation effort. This comes after months of campaigning by members of the Independent Workers’ Union to obtain better pay and conditions in Abtran. In May workers delivered a pay claim to the company demanding, among other
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The lock-in logs, in their own words: Inside Talbot St Iceland
Workplace disputes in Ireland are often shelved or fly under the radar from mainstream media coverage. If they are taken on, they are often covered in a malinformed way that intends to vilify the workers and reduce mass support. Yet the work put into the Iceland Foods Ireland campaign is becoming increasingly unavoidable to cover
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Iceland workers vote to begin strike action
Members of the Independent Workers’ Union employed in four Iceland stores, have announced that they will be taking strike action starting Friday, 19 May. Strike notice was served to Homesavers, Iceland’s parent company after ballots in stores in Ballyfermot, Coolock, Tallaght, and Northside Shopping centre. The ballots returned 100 per cent agreement among IWU members
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An Post Pensioners protest Minister Eamon Ryan’s failure to sign-off on 2% pension increase
Former employees of An Post were out in protest last Wednesday (3 August), to pressure Minister Ryan to sign off on an agreed 2% pension increase. The protest was organised by the Independent Workers Union. Below is a statement given to Forward by the postal workers representative Bernard Clarke: “Pensioners have seen virtually no increase