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Ireland-North

Strike Action Delivers

February 21, 2024 Fiona O'Loughlin

January’s massive public sector strike in the North was an outstanding example of the power of the workers’ movement and its ability to decisively alter political events. More than 100,000 workers on strike for pay […]

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Ireland-North

Biggest ever strike in Northern Ireland

January 17, 2024 Fiona O'Loughlin

Northern Ireland will see its biggest strike wave ever on 18 January, involving over 150,000 workers. Across the public sector, workers are demanding pay rises, as well as ensuring pay parity, where relevant, with public-sector […]

Ireland-North

Lessons of the Strike Wave: Working class Solidarity on the picket line and at the ballot box.

January 3, 2023 Ciaran Mulholland

As 2022 closes and 2023 opens hundreds of thousands of public and private sector workers are taking strike action, standing together on cold picket lines. There are so many disputes that it has become difficult […]

Ireland-South

Public Sector Pay Deal Poses Hard Questions for Labour Movement

October 26, 2022 Ciarán McKenna

Earlier this month public sector workers in the South voted overwhelmingly for the latest pay deal. After nearly a decade and half of being hammered by Right wing governments, it is perhaps understandable that public […]

Ireland-South

Public sector pay: Vote not and strike for more!

September 2, 2022 Ciaran McKenna

On Tuesday 30 August the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) announced that an agreement had been struck between the public sector unions and the government on a pay deal. The terms of the deal will come […]

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