News May 3 2020: Celebrating May Day We are hosting an online event to celebrate May Day, International Worker’s Day. Just because we are social distancing doesn’t mean we can’t come together! We will 3 May 2020
Workers Rights May Day: International Workersday May Day was first celebrated in Dublin in 1890 when a demonstration was organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions on the first Sunday in May. One of the 1 May 2020
Cost Of Living No To Carbon Tax Fine Gael’s carbon tax increase, announced last October, comes into effect today. This will mean a hike of home heating costs and result in an average increase of €61 1 May 2020
Health Workers In Saggart Hold Protest As Employers Stealthily Move Company During Lockdown People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny joins protest in support of workers “Some firms are trying to use the Covid-19 public health emergency to deprive workers of their rights” 30 Apr 2020
Health TDs Raise Issue Of Government Relying On Agency Contracts Solidarity People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett raised the issue of the government relying on agency contracts to hire nurses and extra healthcare staff for the health service in 30 Apr 2020
Health Our Lives or Their Profits? Leo Varadkar wants to blame you for prolonging the lockdown. Last Friday he told us “People are already starting to be more lax” and “it’s going to make it 29 Apr 2020
Health People Before Profit Supports the Debenhams Workers and Calls for Government Intervention Richard Boyd Barrett TD said: “The treatment of the Debenhams workers is utterly unacceptable. The company is still operating in this country north and south and in the UK but 29 Apr 2020
Health Any Lifting of Restrictions Should be Based on Sound and Transparent Advice People Before Profit: Any lifting of restrictions should be based on sound and transparent advice from medical and scientific experts North and South with a robust testing and tracing regime 29 Apr 2020
Health Alarm at Low Levels of Workplace Inspection TD says Department replies prove no one is in charge of enforcing Covid-19 related health and safety issues People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has expressed alarm at the 28 Apr 2020
