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Strikes
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Aer Lingus: Industrial action wins concessions on pay and conditions for pilots
By Mick Barry The Aer Lingus pilots dispute has been the largest clash between the forces of capital…
Water workers strike for guarantees over terms and conditions
By Robert Cosgrave In mid-July, over 100 local authority water workers in multiple councils organised in Unite took…
Solidarity with striking Iceland workers
By Robert Cosgrave Workers at four Dublin stores of the supermarket chain Iceland, organised in the Independent Workers’…
Delfin: English Language Teachers strike for union recognition
By Katia Hancke “Like most labor battles, these strikes were about winning respect as much as anything else.…
The powerful resurgence of US labour movement
By Laura Fitzgerald The resurgence of a powerful US labour movement, with a militant-rank-and file its engine, shows…
8 March: International wave of mass struggle
International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. It is, however, difficult…
Dublin Bus routes privatisation – a rotten deal
The National Transport Authority are privatising one-tenth of Dublin Bus. From November 2018 they will outsource the routes to UK company Go-Ahead. The NTA says they are “confident that passengers will benefit from this decision,” but socialists and trade unionists are absolutely certain that workers will suffer from this decision.
