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Unions optimistic about new workers' rights law 2024-11-27 [RTE]

Election 2024: What are parties promising on workers' rights? 2024-11-24 [RTE]

Unions call on next government to respect workers' rights 2024-11-19 [RTE]

Government yet again in breach of European Union directive on worker's rights 2024-11-17 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

Health workers ‘angry’ after pay offer 2024-11-16 [The Irish News]

Autistic cinema manager wins €12,000 over discrimination in roster row 2024-11-12 [RTÉ]

Pay increases for construction workers approved 2024-11-09 [RTÉ]

Congress condemns the indiscriminate targeting by IDF of health workers in Gaza 2024-11-08 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

Late pay and incorrect salary calculations a growing concern for workers 2024-10-30 [Irish Times]

We call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and better protect journalists 2024-10-28 [EFJ]

Partners of the CoE Platform for the Safety of Journalists call on authorities to better protect journalists 2024-10-27 [IFJ]

SIPTU manufacturing conference 2024-10-25 [IndustriAll Europe]

Government must hold centre ground on worker's rights 'to counter growth of far right', says ICTU 2024-10-25 [Irish Times]

Trade unions warn of 'union-busting' by employers 2024-10-24 [RTÉ ]

‘We’re chronically understaffed’ – Thousands of health workers consider strike action 2024-10-15 [Newstalk]

Health unions to ballot members for industrial action over staff shortages 2024-10-14 [RTE]

INMO to ballot members for industrial action due to unfilled posts 2024-10-14 [breakingnews.ie]

Ogle loses disability discrimination claim against Unite 2024-10-10 [RTE]

Fórsa members to take part in lunchtime protest today at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore 2024-10-10 [Forsa]

Brendan Ogle loses disability discrimination claim against trade union Unite following cancer treatment 2024-10-10 [Irish Times]

Trinity lecturer’s union endorses academic boycott of Israel in BDS win 2024-10-09 [Trinity News]

INMO staff set to protest St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny 2024-10-09 [IrelandLive]

Further health union protests over staff shortages 2024-10-09 [RTÉ]

SIPTU members to protest the HSE’s Pay and Numbers Strategy 2024-10-09 [SIPTU]

Report reveals barriers to trade union access in workplaces 2024-10-09 [RTÉ]

Record overcrowding at Cork University Hospital 2024-10-09 [Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization]

Work issues a factor in mental health problems for over one third, survey finds 2024-10-07 [Irish Times]

‘The salary isn’t close to what I’d need for a place of my own’: UCD researchers frustrated by pay 2024-10-07 [Irish Times]

Strike action by engineers at Meta data centre deferred 2024-10-07 [RTÉ]

Plumbers, pipefitters and welders engaging in further strike action 2024-10-07 [RTÉ]

Piggery operator ordered to pay worker nearly €14k 2024-10-07 [RTÉ]

Strike at Meta’s Clonee data center in Ireland deferred, case instead goes to court 2024-10-07 [DCD]

Commitment to end poverty pay by 2026 must be maintained 2024-10-07 [ICTU]

Commitment to end poverty pay by 2026 must be maintained 2024-10-07 [ICTU]

Work stoppage at Becton Dickinson in Drogheda staged by SIPTU members 2024-10-03 [Irish Times]

Manager sacked by Bidvest Noonan says false timesheet allegations prevent him finding new work in sector 2024-10-04 [RTÉ]

Meta denies it is 'union busting' in engineers dispute 2024-10-04 [RTÉ]

Housing is the greatest workers' rights issue of this generation 2024-09-30 [Labour]

Gaza children to get medical treatment here 2024-09-22 [ICTU]

Trade union calls for legal right for workers to refuse to assist genocidal regimes 2024-09-29 [The Journal]

Country music promoter to appeal WRC ruling on fiddler's employment status 2024-09-28 [RTÉ]

SIPTU members in BD in Drogheda begin industrial action 2024-09-25 [RTÉ]

Irish Rail ordered to pay compensation for ageist discrimination 2024-09-26 [RTÉ]

FSU calls for 'significant pay increase' for bank staff 2024-09-27 [RTÉ]

Health unions to ballot staff on industrial action over HSE staffing levels 2024-09-26 [Irish Times]

Apprenticeship system reputation threatened by proposed changes, conference hears 2024-09-28 [Irish Times]

National children’s hospital site picketed by Unite members in travel-allowances dispute 2024-09-27 [Irish Times]

INMO announce protest at CUH and balloting on industrial action 2024-09-28 [Echo Live]

Trade Union calls for investigation into death of Irish journalist 2024-09-27 [Morning Star]

Industrial action ballot for health workers as dispute with HSE and Department of Health intensifies 2024-09-27 [Fórsa]

This month in labour history

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]