Abtran team leader would ‘bully union members into quitting’
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Trade Unions
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