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ETUC DAY OF ACTION – PROTEST PICKET, DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 29TH 1-2 PM, MOLESWORTH STREET

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 05pm

AUSTERITY ISN’T WORKING The Executive Council of Congress has agreed to actively participate in the ETUC Day of Action on February 29th 2012. The action to be undertaken here... more

Sacked for joining a union others news - LabourStart News Update

Monday 20 February 2012, 11am

Ten union leaders - eight of them women - have been fired because they dared to organise. They work for Euro S.A. in Ica, Peru, a profitable agricultural export plantation.... more

Victory! Sexist Ryanair advert banned - Change.org

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 11am

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has just announced that they’ve banned the sexist Ryanair advert promoting “Red hot fares and crew”. This is a great victory -- and no-one... more

New Zealand Port Workers Need Your Support

Monday 13 February 2012, 03pm

In an attempt to drive workers back to the dark ages of casualization and destroy their union strength Auckland Ports has made a “take it or leave it” proposal to... more

Primetime highlights need for action on modern day slavery - MRCI

Friday 03 February 2012, 05pm

Primetime highlights the lack of protections for victims of forced labour and the urgent need for the government to address gaps in legislation which leave victims living in limbo for... more

UNI Global Union Alert: Support Dutch cleaners fighting for respect

Friday 03 February 2012, 10am

Support Dutch cleaners fighting for respect: Dutch cleaners in FNV Bondgenoten are in the 4th week of a strike and they need our support. The Uprising of the Invisiblemore

EU unions' No to EU stability treaty

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 05pm

UNI Europa, the European regional organisation of the UNI global trade union federation, has described the EU fiscal stability treaty as "anti-social, anti-democratic and anti-European." Trade unions are mobilising across... more

Current economic model has run its course - UNI Global Union

Thursday 26 January 2012, 10am

Philip Jennings, UNI Global Union General Secretary, tells leaders gathering in Davos that the current economic model has run its course and needs to be reset. Addressing a Davos session... more

'Lost youth' - Electronic Intifada

Friday 23 December 2011, 11am

Regarded as legitimate targets by Israel’s military, children have made up a shocking 1,327 of the 6,487 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since 2000, according to the human rights organisation... more

UNITE ROI News Digest - Household charges, the power to effect change and a weather warning

Friday 16 December 2011, 12am

Average household property charge likely to be €250 per year The criteria on which the full blown property tax is likely to be based are beginning to emerge as... more
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