Rock Against Lisbon

ROCK AGAINST LISBON The Cobblestone, Smithfield 26th September, 8 p.m Yukina, The Group, Barra and the lads, DJ Shifty and special guest Ciaran Murphy €3

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Stop the Cuts- No to NAMA

  NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PEOPLE POWER TO STOP THE CUTS BAIL OUT JOBS & SERVICES NOT THE BANKS NEED BEFORE GREED Saturday Sept 19th Assemble 1pm,

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Community Sector Protest over Cuts

Click here for more on the September 30th  Communities Against Cuts Protest.

On Tuesday, 8th September over 1200 took part in Siptu’s march to protest against cuts in Community Development Projects.

A makeshift coffin marking the proposed death of the community sector if an Bord Snip Nua It’s part of an ongoing campaign which will culminate in a larger community sector march on September 30th. Groups came from all over Ireland to defend the jobs and services in the community service.

What are CDPs?

CDPs are involved in a range of programmes including childcare, meals on wheels, after-schools projects, youth groups, literacy and drug rehabilitation to name a few. They support the most vulnerable people in the most vulnerable communities including children, lone parents, the elderly, young people, recovering drug addicts and the disabled.

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Lisbon Treaty undermines jobs, pay and conditions

Charter will not protect European workers
No reason for SIPTU to support the Treaty

A group of trade unions today called on Irish workers to reject the Lisbon Treaty. They said that despite the negotiations by the Irish Government, nothing has changed in the Treaty since it was rejected in June 2008.
Workers pay and conditions have come under attack from the rulings of the European Court of Justice(ECJ). The Laval, Viking, Ruffert and Luxemburg rulings have restricted the right to take action to prevent transnational contractors using cheap labour; and overruled national laws and agreements on pay and conditions. In all cases, the right to operate a profitable business across borders has been given priority over workers rights. Lisbon, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, would not change this anti-worker tendency.

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Support the MTL Dock Workers

Workers at Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL), the main container operator at Dublin Port, are on strike over management attempts to impose compulsory redundancies and cuts

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Eamonn Casey:  Hypocrisy And Rape

Revelations about Eamonn Casey point yet again to the gross hypocrisy of the Bishops.These are mostly elderly males who think they have every right to

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