Fundraiser for PBP Cork
9th June, The Roundy at 9pm Two bands to play: Ruben S7one and The Grunts, both fresh, fun and vibrant!! A great night out! Tickets
May 30, 2011
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9th June, The Roundy at 9pm Two bands to play: Ruben S7one and The Grunts, both fresh, fun and vibrant!! A great night out! Tickets
By Dr Peadar O’Grady
This conference was organised jointly by the NPA in France and the ‘August 1980’ trade union from Poland.
Saturday May 14th An Oige Hostel, Mountjoy Street (near the Black Church and Parnell Sq) 2pm to 5pm
22 June Maynooth Joan Collins TD PBP Cllr Ruth Coppinger SP Martin Grehan SWP Glenroyal Hotel 8pm 22 June Mullingar Michael O’Brien SP Cllr
In a statement, People Before Profit Alliance TD, Richard Boyd Barrett has described the special sitting of the Dail (Monday May 9th) to celebrate Ireland’s membership of the EU as “the sick joke of an already bankrupt government” in the context of an EU-IMF deal which was inflicting brutal and economically crippling austerity on Ireland, in order to pay-off the gambling debts of European bankers and speculators.
Deputy Boyd Barrett attended a protest outside the Dail prior to the special Dail sitting and will over the coming weeks be involved in a sustained effort to build a mass campaign of opposition to the EU-IMF deal as part of the recently established “Enough” campaign.
The ‘Enough’ campaign was established at a recently held public meeting in Dublin, organised by Deputy Boyd Barrett, attended by almost 500 people, and addressed by an Icelandic MP involved in the referendum campaigns against the bank-bail-outs in that country.
A follow-up meeting of the ‘Enough’ campaign was held yesterday in Dublin where activists agreed plans for a sustained national campaign of opposition to the EU-IMF deal and the austerity measures contained within it.
The campaign has agreed to continue a nationwide push to demand a referendum on the EU-IMF deal as well as an intensive effort to mobilise mass public resistance to some of the key planks of the austerity programme including campaigns on: unemployment, special needs and education cuts, public transport cuts, plans to sell-off state assets, any attacks on low-paid workers under the review of JLC’s and REA’s, and social welfare cuts.
Assembly Election Results: Foyle: Eamonn McCann 3120 first preference votes (8.3%) (Final vote: 3,915) West Belfast: Gerry Carroll 1661 first preference votes (4.8%) South Belfast:
Two UNITE members (glaziers by trade) on a site at the Mater Hospital were made redundant on Tuesday by Sisk’s sub-contractor Architectural Aluminium Ltd., claiming there was no work to be done. However, the company continues to use contract workers to do similar work.Yesterday there were negotiation between the Union and the employer to no avail and official pickets were placed this morning Thursday 5th May).
Sisk workers and other sub-contractor workers have refused to pass the picket and the site is closed down. Emmet Lyons, one of the workers made redundant, told Socialist Worker that his union Unite met with Architectural Aluminum Ltd yesterday with the proposal of subletting rather than using sub-contractors which would mean that the workers would still be working directly for the company. The company rejected this proposal. Architectural Aluminum, according to Lyons, moved to make twelve of its workers redundant as a cost-saving measure: “They don’t have to provide insurance cover for sub-contractors or provide them with the tools of the job.” Lyons, who has worked for the company for over five years, added that they have never complied with the Registered Employment Agreements (REAs).
Tom Fitzgerald, a representative with Unite, says that “it is important to show our support and if the union leaders provide a good lead workers are willing to take action in support of colleagues”. Another worker on the picket said “we don’t want anyone to be losing a day’s pay but this is more important, we have to support our co-workers”.
The construction site was quiet yesterday afternoon as none of the 450 workers normally employed on the site passed the picket.
To read the newsletter click on attachment below Please note Ballyfermot UNITED LEFT ALLIANCE Public Meeting The Alternative to Bank Bailouts & Cuts 8pm,
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