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Fórsa’s 2025 Rewind: A Year Where Members Did It For Themselves. [Forsa] 20-12-2025


Government must end pay discrimination against young people [ICTU] 18-12-2025


Workers strike at Meta contractor [UNI Global Union] 11-12-2025


Workers set to strike at Meta contractor Covalen in dispute over pay and union recognition [The Irish Times] 10-12-2025


Healthcare Workers Stand in Solidarity with Gaza Colleagues [Newry] 30-11-2025



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Meta AI Contractors at Covalen Vote to Strike Amid Major Layoffs! 2025-12-22 [Open Tools]

Fórsa’s 2025 Rewind: A Year Where Members Did It For Themselves. 2025-12-20 [Forsa]

24-hour strike begins at Caredoc over pay dispute 2025-12-18 [RTE]

New law ending forced retirement cannot be left gathering dust 2025-12-18 [ICTU]

Government must end pay discrimination against young people 2025-12-18 [ICTU]

Irish Congress of Trade Unions backs call for ban on sub-minimum wage pay rates for workers under 20, apprentices and interns 2025-12-18 [The Irish Independent]

SIPTU Is Warning Of Five Days Of Strike Action Involving Caredoc Service 2025-12-13 [Tipp Mid West Radio]

Workers strike at Meta contractor 2025-12-11 [UNI Global Union]

Europe National Womens Council of Ireland discuss improving ECEC access and Work Life Balance 2025-12-11 [EPSU]

Workers set to strike at Meta contractor Covalen in dispute over pay and union recognition 2025-12-10 [The Irish Times]

Workers at services firm Covalen to take strike action 2025-12-10 [RTE]

Latest homeless figures show Government housing policy is defined landlord-led lobbying 2025-12-03 [ICTU]

Irish Congress of trade Unions urges Minister for Justice to act on violence and aggression against minorities 2025-12-03 [ICTU]

Healthcare Workers Stand in Solidarity with Gaza Colleagues 2025-11-30 [Newry]

Gender pay gap at State’s biggest union Siptu widens to almost 14pc 2025-11-29 [The Irish Independent]

Carroll’s Cuisine strike action suspended as management agree to talks 2025-11-27 [SIPTU]

Talks due this week at Offaly meat plant after further one-day strike averted 2025-11-24 [Offaly Live]

Moves to protect the integrity of pension auto-enrolment welcome 2025-11-19 [ICTU]

Trade unions and Government must build on EU's wage directive for a better future for workers 2025-11-19 [The Irish Examiner]

Ireland Northern Ireland Workers’ rights are good populism 2025-11-19 [Agenda NI]

New housing plan lacks the radical reset needed, says Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2025-11-18 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

IFATCA Spotlight Podcast – Ireland 2025-11-17 [IFATCA]

Ordinary workers feel ‘left behind’ after pay hikes for semi-state CEOs, incoming Siptu chief says 2025-11-15 [The Irish Independent]

Moderators in Ireland as Covalen concedes after union action 2025-11-13 [UNI Global Union]

Government's failure to recognize Covid-19 as occupational disease shows lessons from pandemic not being learned 2025-11-13 [ICTU]

Sting in the tail for workers in the social as government buriesbudget benefit cutwelfare bill as 2025-11-13 [ICTU]

Congress welcomes CJHEU recognition that directive on collective bargaining is on sound legal footing 2025-11-10 [ICTU]

Transport workers survey reports increased antisocial behaviour 2025-11-10 [SIPTU]

SIPTU conference in Galway 2025-11-10 [Midwest Radio]

SIPTU members in Carroll's Cuisine to take strike action 2025-11-08 [RTE]

Ireland Northern Ireland Union to ballot PSNI workers for strike action over data breach 2025-11-04 [BBC]

Ireland Northern Ireland 'Winter of discontent' unless health pay offer improved 2025-10-28 [BBC]

Health unions trigger warning on HSE staffing citing six thousand vacancies 2025-10-28 [Irish Times]

Trade union group spurns requests to endorse Catherine Connolley for president 2025-10-28 [Irish Times]

Ireland Northern Ireland Talks due to resume as health unions move towards strike ballot 2025-10-27 [BBC]

SIPTU members in Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore vote for strike action 2025-10-24 [SIPTU]

Ireland Northern Ireland ‘Belfast at night isn’t exactly the safest’ – Late night buses could put bar staff in danger, warns hospitality union 2025-10-23 [The Irish News]

Ireland Northern Ireland ‘Belfast at night isn’t exactly the safest’ – Late night buses could put bar staff in danger, warns hospitality union 2025-10-23 [The Irish News]

Irelands council presidency must make progress towards collective bargaining 2025-10-23 [ICTU]

MinImum wage workers short-changed EU six hundred by government next year 2025-10-20 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

SIPTU slams FAI over youth training scheme closure, confirms meeting with Oireachtas 2025-10-12 [The Irish Mirror]

Collective union action in defence of collegial governance 2025-09-30 [Education International]

Workers must not be place in unconscionable situations of complicity with Israeli genocide 2025-09-16 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

School secretary and caretaker strike withdrawn by union 2025-09-07 [RTE]

Fórsa Youth and TCDSU/AMLCT Joint Conference Held in Arts Block 2025-09-06 [The University Times]

School secretaries and caretakers agree to withdraw strike for negotiations 2025-09-06 [Breaking News]

‘Unsustainable’ – teacher unions say schools ‘struggling to operate as normal’ amid secretary and caretaker strike action 2025-09-04 [The Irish Independent]

Government must use budget to reduce reliance on corporation tax 2025-08-31 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

School secretaries and caretakers to meet ahead of strike 2025-08-26 [RTE]

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This month in labour history

2-12-1913 The first group of ITGWU dockers returns to work from their strike in support of the Dublin lockout. [more]

8-12-1908 James Larkin suspended from Dock Union organisers role by union leadership trying to curb his militancy. [more]

22-12-1913 Over £9000 worth of food arrives in Dublin from the TUC, for families of locked-out workers to survive Christmas. [more]

28-12-1908 Delegates, lead by James Larkin, meet to discuss formation of Irish Transport & General Workers Union. [more]