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Ireland Mandate holds protests over Tesco pay deal [RTÉ] 12-12-2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Ireland Northern Ireland Woman settles case after Christmas party incident 2024-12-15 [RTÉ]

Job loss claims 'without foundation' - PTSB 2024-12-13 [RTÉ]

Mandate holds protests over Tesco pay deal 2024-12-12 [RTÉ]

ICTU private sector committee recommend pay increase between 4-7 for 202 2024-12-12 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

Fórsa calls on Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to take action on school secretary pensions 2024-12-11 [Fórsa]

Germany Solidarity Message from the Independent Workers Union Ireland to the Workers of Volkswagen in Germany 2024-12-09 [IWU]

Trade unions demand an end to violence violence against women and girls in work and in society 2024-12-01 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

More than 80,000 HSE workers including nurses vote for industrial action 2024-11-28 [Irish Times]

Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Water strike could see thousands cut off 2024-11-28 [Belfast Live]

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]

Ireland Northern Ireland Health union warns of 'large-scale' industrial action over pay 2024-11-13 [BBC]

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]

Europe 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]

Ireland Northern Ireland Staff say restaurant management took fines from tips 2024-10-24 [BBC]

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

Ireland Northern Ireland Spirit workers still waiting for answers about their future 2024-10-22 [Unite]

‘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]

Israel 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]

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

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

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

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This month in labour history


4-01-1913 The funeral of 16 year old Alicia Brady, killed by a scab's bullet during the Dublin Lockout, takes place. Mourners include Jim Larkin & James Connolly. [more]

18-01-1913 Jim Larkin addresses a crowd of Dublin workers in Croydon Park, telling them to go back to work on the best available terms. [more]

24-01-1919 Staff barricaded themselves inside the Monaghan Lunatic Asylum and declared a Soviet. They also made demands on pay and working hours, including equal pay for women. They won their demands in February. [more]

31-01-1913 Building labourers return to work after the Dublin lock-out, signing a pledge to remain outside the ITGWU. [more]