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trade unions
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Cost of living crisis: Trade unions have to act!
By Mick Barry TD “We are looking at three years of high inflation” – AIB Chief Economist Oliver…
Sri Lanka: First general strike in 42 years
By Serge Jordan Global capitalism is in the midst of growing economic throes and working class resistance. Sri…
It’s a ‘cost-of-survival’ crisis
By Conor Burke In a short period of time, the cost of essentials such as food and fuel…
Starbucks workers have a golden opportunity
This article by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant was originally published with Jacobin. Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New…
United States: Starbucks has busted unions since 1987 – How can we win this time?
By Matt Smith, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) The most important unionization campaign in…
Striketober in the US: Workers Rediscover Their Power
By Stephen Edwards, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) After 18 months of working conditions…
Adding insult to injury- Ex-Debenhams workers denied access to training fund
By Mick Barry TD It has been three months since the former Debenhams workers voted to end their…
Pathways to Precarity – new government scheme announced
By Catherine Finnegan The government announced a new Pathways to Work strategy this week aiming to get 75,000…
Review: Reeling in the Years (2010)
Reviewed by Manus Lenihan Just gonna stand there and watch me burn […] Just gonna stand there and…
North: Unison members’ backlash – how should trade unionists respond?
One hundred and ten British Army medics have been deployed to Northern Ireland hospitals to assist with the…