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PBP reps with Water Workers from Unite on the picket in Leixlip

Water Worker Strike Going Strong

This strike is having a big impact: workers are respecting the pickets in important strategic locations like Leixlip Drinking Water Treatment Plant in Fingal County Council; Waterford City Council reported a water main break last night at 6pm disrupting traffic; Precautionary boil water notices were in effect there and Tipperary; Strong solidarity was shown between workers with mass refusals to cross picket lines reported across the country; Waterford Councillors refused to meet last night in solidarity with the water workers.

July 14, 2023

Forsa activist says 'Hate Speech isn't Free Speech' at march and rally in Cork

Massive solidarity at Fórsa’s Cork March and Trans & Intersex Pride 2023

Friday’s powerful rally and march in solidarity with library workers against the far right was bolstered hugely by the unprecedented turnout in Dublin for Trans and Intersex Pride. Ireland is sick of the Far Right’s active harassment and the government’s deliberate neglect. People are uniting to fight and win for workers’ rights and trans liberation.

July 10, 2023

400+ people assemble in Cork to push away the far-right in a wildly successful show of solidarity with workers and trans lives

Stand With Library Workers In Cork Today

Update from 13.00:Social media user reports and photos show a very large counter protest in solidarity with workers and LGBTQIA+ lives against the anti-worker transphobic

July 7, 2023

100 plus workers stand outdoors in a council circle listening to trade union leaders

Blockade On Boliden At Tara Mines

Workers at Tara Mines blockaded the facility 6 July 2023 in response to failed talks at the WRC where owner Boliden has threatened to cliffedge the vast majority of 650 workers into temporary indefinite layoffs starting 14 July 2023

July 6, 2023

Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “Department for Infrastructure Roads Service workers forced to hit the picket line again this week in pursuit of

July 4, 2023

Water workers in Waterford Rally at Waterford Crystal

Unite’s Water Workers Strike

People Before Profit stands 100% with Unite’s water worker strike today. Dozens of sites across Ireland saw pickets as Unite’s Water Service Workers in 10

June 30, 2023

Meltdown At Iceland: Occupations Multiply

The Coolock Iceland Occupation started again today. The workers are back and are the Coolock Iceland Shop today, Wednesday 28 June. Workers in Coolock had

June 28, 2023

Global Eco-Socialist Network Meeting: Building Alliances Between Labour And The Climate Justice Movementssunday 18Th June 2Pm

Engagement with, and mobilisation by, the global working class will be central in the struggle to deal effectively with climate change. This forum brings together

June 15, 2023

People Before Profit Representatives with Trade Union and Student Union representatives unite to launch the #FairWagesForAllAges Bill in Dublin June 2023

Make Pay Equal For Young Workers

People Before Profit launch National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022 to end wage discrimination against young workers Bill supported by Mandate,

June 8, 2023

We Back The Water Workers

People Before Profit stands 100% with the Water Workers. Hundreds of thousands of water warriors across Ireland are behind them too. Today would have marked

June 8, 2023

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Press Releases

Plainclothes Gardaí Attack Ucd Student President

On Monday the 22nd of April, Nancy Pelosi was invited to University College Dublin (UCD) to receive an honorary doctorate of law. The ceremony was

Twenty Oireachtas Members Sign Open Letter To The Ambassador Of Germany Expressing Grave Concern At Suppression Of Berlin Palestine Conference

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says suppression represents a grave threat to democratic principles not only in Germany but across Europe. Twenty members

Coucillor Madeleine Johansson standing in front of a vacant Wheatfield Road property in Palmerstown.

People Before Profit Campaign Wins On Housing

People Before Profit’s campaign on derelict housing brought two derelict houses back into use by getting the state to purchase the houses and bring them back into use for people in need.

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