Strike

Redundancies

Sodexo Workers Win In Full After 50 Days On Strike

“Sodexo, a multinational that made over £1 billion in profit last year, tried to make low-paid workers pay for its cost-cutting. These workers refused to accept it. They stood together on the picket line... and they forced one of the biggest companies in the world to back down.” Gerry Carroll MLA

6 Nov 2026

Public Sector Pay Deal

Workers Need At Least 10% and They Need It Now

Call Meetings in Your Job on Monday: "Union leaders have called off the action for next Wednesday, but they cannot deliver on the basis of what the Government has put on the table. Pressure must be sustained to ensure workers get at least 10% and get it now. The money is there to pay for it."

16 Oct 2026

Public Sector Pay Deal

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Escalate the Action to Win: Commitment to Real Pay Increases Needed.

14 Oct 2026

Strike

Solidarity with Public Sector Workers

Set to be the biggest strike of the 2010s or 2020s, Wednesday 14 October will see schools, public offices, health centres and hospitals blocked by pickets as 300,000 workers unite in a national picket. The potential is hard to overstate.

13 Oct 2026

Public Meeting

Is There Really No Alternative to a System in Chaos? People Before Profit Public Meeting

TD Richard Boyd Barrett and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America will present talks in Galway

13 Oct 2026

Public Sector Pay Deal

People Before Profit Councillors Stand with Council Staff as They Begin Work to Rule

Cllr Melisa Halpin "If disruption occurs as this dispute escalates, responsibility lies with the Government for allowing matters to reach this point. The Minister needs to engage seriously with the unions and put forward a pay offer beyond inflation.”

30 Sep 2026

stormont

MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait

MLA Gerry Carroll and Cllr Shaun Harkin condemn proposals for a further pay rise for MLAs, just months after they were handed an increase of almost 27%. "This is a slap in the face to health workers, civil servants and every public sector worker still waiting on a pay award."

17 Sep 2026

Worker Power

Harkin: Strike Action Can Put it Up to Stormont Political Establishment

People power action can knock the powers in government to the sideline and overpower those outside it who want to incite division, scapegoat migrants and the vulnerable. Strikes are a force that people can use to challenge the political establishment. We're with the workers.

4 Sep 2026

Strike

Zero Action on Teacher Workload - Carroll Backs Teachers' Strike Mandate

"The Independent Review of Workload reported in November 2025. Ten months on, its 27 recommendations still are not implemented."

2 Sep 2026