• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Militant Left
  • Home
  • About us
  • Join
  • News
    • Ireland-North
    • Ireland-South
    • Workplace
    • Young Socialists
  • Our paper
  • Donate
  • Our International
HomeTrade unions

Trade unions

Trade unions

Unite General Secretary Elections

July 24, 2026 Militant Left

The election campaign for the next Unite general secretary is in full swing between incumbent Sharon Graham who is seeking a second term and challenger Simon Dubbins, full time official head of the union’s international […]

Trade unions

Birmingham Bin Struggle: ‘Megapicket’ Closes Waste Depots

February 5, 2026 Nick Worth Militant Left

In a gesture of solidarity with Birmingham’s striking refuse collectors, trade unionists from all over the UK, including Northern Ireland, descended on Birmingham on Friday 30 January. This action, the third so-called ‘Megapicket’ of the […]

Trade unions

Unite the union elections

January 17, 2026 Kieran Molloy Personal Capacity.

The process to elect Unite’s new General Executive Council has begun. This is the most important election since the formation of Unite. Branch secretaries are being sent nomination papers. The nomination period is from 5th […]

No Picture
Ireland-South

Support Carroll Cuisine Strikers!

November 16, 2025 Fiona O'Loughlin

Militant Left stands in full solidarity with workers at Carroll Cuisine in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, who begin two days of strike action today. These workers, members of SIPTU, are striking for much improved pay and […]

Leinster House, Dublin, Ireland
Ireland-South

Workers Pay for Bosses’ Budget Bonanza – Trade Unions Must Push Back!

October 10, 2025 Maddy

Nowadays the Budget is much less of an event than in the past. By the time the Minister for Finance gets up to speak in the Dáil, his colleagues have already leaked most of it […]

Posts pagination

1 2 … 8 »

RSS Latest news from the Committee for a Workers’ International

  • Senegal: Political crisis against a backdrop of a major economic crisis July 29, 2026 Leïla Messaoudi, first published in the July-August edition of L’Égalité, paper of Gauche Révolutionnaire, French section of the Committee for a Workers International
  • CWI correspondence with Marxists in China July 25, 2026 CWI
  • Germany: How should the Left Party respond to the electoral threat of the hard right AfD? July 22, 2026 Sascha Staničić, Sol (CWI in Germany)
  • 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War July 21, 2026 Hannah Sell (first published in The Socialist newspaper, 2009) and Peter Taaffe (first published by The Socialist, 2017)
  • China: The complex character of the state and the economy July 20, 2026 Philip Stott, first published in Socialism Today (issue 299 July/August 2026) monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)
  • General strikes in Portugal see off assault on workplace conditions and union rights July 16, 2026 Caspar Loettgers, Sol (CWI Germany)
  • Chile under José Antonio Kast’s government; contradictions of Chilean capitalism July 14, 2026 Hugo Rodriquez (Socialismo Revolucionario - CWI Chile)
  • Graz City Council election: Communist Party of Austria increases vote to 35.7% July 11, 2026 CWI
  • Youth and Student Anti-War Assembly held in Cologne July 10, 2026 Becca Bayman, delegate to the assembly and Liverpool Socialist Students
  • Latin America’s class struggle intensifies July 8, 2026 Celso Calfullan, CIT (CWI) in Chile

Workplace news

  • Unite the union elections
    January 17, 2026
  • No Picture
    Support Carroll Cuisine Strikers!
    November 16, 2025
  • Shorts: nationalisation under workers control is best way to save Northern Ireland’s aerospace industry
    May 19, 2025

Ireland – South

  • A socialist alternative needed to survive climate change
    July 16, 2026
  • Workers and youth rally against far right and racist riots 
    June 17, 2026
  • Racism, Capitalism and the Fight for Socialism in Ireland
    June 16, 2026
  • Militant Left Statement on killing of Yves Sakila
    May 19, 2026
  • Fuel Protests: First Iran War Shocks Start to Hit
    April 10, 2026

Ireland – North

  • A socialist alternative needed to survive climate change
    July 16, 2026
  • Workers and youth rally against far right and racist riots 
    June 17, 2026
  • How Do We End the Violence?
    June 14, 2026
  • Militant left condemns far-right terror
    June 10, 2026
  • Dunmurry bomb: a self-defeating dead end
    May 5, 2026
Select posts by category
Archives
Search our archive
Follow us on social media
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Donate in Euros

Donate in Pounds

  • Privacy Policy

Rights © | CWI Ireland