Worker Power

Public Sector Pay Deal

Pay The Workers: The Money is There

No pay offer is on the table. No guarantee from the Government that inflation busting pay increases will be delivered. What really is acceptable? The numbers show workers need 10% now as a bare minimum, and the money is there to pay for this.

18 Oct 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 Strike

We need to keep the pressure up: “This government needs their balls squeezed”

People Before Profit spoke to a shop steward at a civil service workplace, about how yesterday’s strike went and what should happen next.

15 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

Education

Carroll: Teachers Right to Take stand. Minister Must Deliver Not Delay

"This crisis is also the product of years of underfunding by successive Executives and Westminster austerity. Schools need proper investment - not more demands on an exhausted workforce.”

23 Sep 2026

Public Transport

Harkin: Defend Public Transport - No Service Cuts, No Fare Hikes

Vastly expanding the public transport network, both bus and rail, is critical for addressing congestion, pollution, accessibility, affordability and regional disparities. The Infrastructure Minister and Stormont Executive can't sit on their hands while damaging cuts are imposed.

22 Sep 2026